I'm used to making songs; that's how I learned to make music. My structures will always be more like pop songs than dance tracks.
I have this romanticized idea of dance music in the '90s because, obviously, I was way too young to be a part of it. So I have this rose-tinted idea of it. I have this idea of it being a very special time. But I still don't know that much - I can never remember any names of seminal artists.
It's not like I force myself to think of sad things, but... it's more that I make music because it makes me happy.
My parents' record collection was the music I was hearing as long as I can remember, and I would play Otis Redding over and over again.
People always think the xx are, like, moody and all dressed in black. We do all dress in black, but we're actually quite fun people - and we've come out of our shells a lot since the first album.
I just like the lineage and the heritage and the fact that British dance music is still progressing. I'm from London; I love London, and I wouldn't know how else to show that love in musical terms. There's something about British stuff that's a bit faster, a bit harder-hitting. Just tough.
