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I always wanted to get out of Tokyo and in 1977, New York seemed like the most interesting place to visit. I didn't intend to live here- I just wanted to get out and see what was happening. I just happened to stay here then. ↗

— Ikue Mori

#get #happened #happening #here #i

Actually, there was another band where we were three girls, around '84 when I met John Zorn, called Sunset Chorus. It was just bass and drums and guitar- we didn't make any records but we played a lot of different clubs in New York. ↗

— Ikue Mori

#another #any #around #band #bass

Because it's dance music, you can't really have a lot of changing in there. It's really not for me because there's too much repetition. I like more diversity. ↗

— Ikue Mori

#changing #dance #dance music #diversity #i

Blood and death. That moves me. ↗

— Ikue Mori

#death #me #moves

Come to think of it, the way I play is like a drum machine- very mechanical. ↗

— Ikue Mori

#drum #i #like #mechanical #play

I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan. ↗

— Ikue Mori

#intend #japan #left #musician #really

I still think that I'm playing instruments, not just pushing buttons and there it goes. It's interactive and alive with the sound and the manipulation and it plays like instruments. ↗

— Ikue Mori

#buttons #goes #i #instruments #interactive

I was playing in other rock bands. Any of those bands didn't last long. ↗

— Ikue Mori

#bands #i #last #long #other

Mars is really different, into art. Lydia Lunch is more energy. James Chance is more commercial in a different way, in funk and jazz. They were all doing original things, trying to create their own sound and music. I think they're all great. ↗

— Ikue Mori

#chance #commercial #create #different #different way

The most important thing is that it's much more fun to play in a band than to be in an audience in a club. That's the main thing I think, that you can do it. ↗

— Ikue Mori

#band #club #fun #i #i think