Creativity Quote by Tom Jenkinson

There is something disarmingly circular about Tom Jenkinson saying he likes his own tracks because he only ends up with tracks he likes. But that loop is the point. It reads less like ego and more like a statement of process: a ruthless internal filter disguised as a shrug. In a culture that rewards constant output, Jenkinson (better known as Squarepusher) is describing a kind of self-curation where taste is both the compass and the gatekeeper. The repetition of “really, really” isn’t poetic flourish; it’s emphasis from someone who’s spent too many hours hearing the same bar cycle back at them until it either becomes truth or becomes unbearable.

The intent is practical: he’s not chasing consensus, he’s chasing that private moment of “yes” that survives endless revision. The subtext is defensive, too. Electronic music has long been treated like it’s assembled rather than authored, judged by surface complexity or scene credibility. Jenkinson quietly reasserts authorship: the final authority is his own appetite. “It always appeals to me” is almost anti-mythmaking, refusing the tortured-genius narrative in favor of something closer to craft and self-trust.

Context matters because Jenkinson’s work thrives on precision and volatility - jazz chops run through drum-and-bass calculus, melodies that peek out and then get shredded. In that ecosystem, liking your own work isn’t a vanity metric; it’s the only stable listener you can count on. The line lands because it rejects the performative humility musicians are supposed to offer, and replaces it with a cooler claim: I make what I want to hear, then I stop when it finally sounds like me.