December 31, 2024
Fatboy Slim has opened up about his passion for making music.
The legendary DJ and producer, whose real name is Norman Cook, revealed he no longer feels the same passion for making music.
The Sun reported that during a fan Q&A Fatboy Slim shared how his creative drive has changed.
“My last two singles just came out of a live show. They were both things that I made just to play on the side,” the hitmaker stated.
He went on to say, “I had tunes that nobody else had in my set. And that kind of caught on with people when we worked out that we could clear the samples and release them.”
Speaking about how his relationship with music shifted, Fatboy Slim added, “The thing is, you can’t make music unless you’re absolutely passionate about it and it drives you from the moment you wake up in the morning.”
“I just don’t seem to feel like that anymore. I feel like that about DJing and about putting on things like this, but I’ve kind of lost my passion for making music. But then I thought, ‘Well, everybody likes my DJing and I enjoy that more, so I’ll do that,’” he added further.
“I’m hoping that one day the passion will come back,” he hoped.
Additionally, he also revealed that his son Woody, whom he shares with late ex-wife Zoe Ball, decided to pursue his career in DJing.