Ikue Mori

“I didn't listen to any music to learn drums, I just tried to create something that nobody had done.”

“When I got the first drum machine, I got so excited, because I didn't have to carry anything.”

“When I started using the drum machines, I had to figure out everything myself.”

“I was not a musician, I was a drummer.”

“What I want is my machine to sound more human, not to imitate a human, but to have some kind of life.”

“I really like limitations because it really makes me be more creative.”

“So then Arto asked me, 'Can you play drums?' I say, 'No.' Then he say, 'Perfect.'”

“Since I started with computers, I’m able to get more of a composer's point of view.”

“I had to create something new, because I couldn’t play what the real drummers could play.”

“For me, images and sound are very connected.”

“DNA was totally anti-music, anti-rock and roll band.”