Creativity Quote by Tom Jenkinson

Jenkinson’s line lands like a shrug with teeth: a musician insisting that the audience’s reading of the work, and of him, is none of his business. In a culture that treats artists as brands and songs as “content,” it’s a pointed refusal to participate in the endless feedback loop of reception, discourse, and identity management. The phrasing matters. “Not that interested” is casually dismissive rather than heroic; he’s not preaching purity, he’s side-stepping a distraction. Then he tightens the boundary: “That’s nothing to do with me.” It’s not indifference so much as jurisdiction.

The subtext is a defense mechanism against the modern demand for legibility. Listeners want an origin story, a persona, a moral stance; platforms reward artists who narrate themselves constantly. Jenkinson’s stance protects the work from being reduced to a profile, and it protects the maker from being audited by shifting tastes. It also smuggles in a quiet confidence: if the music is doing its job, it doesn’t need the artist hovering over it, explaining it, pre-chewing it, or monitoring the verdict.

Contextually, this fits electronic music’s long romance with anonymity, misdirection, and the studio as a private laboratory. When your medium is texture, rhythm, and sound design more than confession, the demand to be “understood” can feel like category error. Jenkinson isn’t denying interpretation; he’s denying ownership of it. The listener can project, argue, mythologize. He’s saying: do what you want. Just don’t hand me the bill.