The Most Interesting Zane Lowe Interviews

Zane Lowe has been a fixture on the British radio airwaves for years, presenting an eclectic, fast-paced, two hour evening show from Monday to Thursday, as well as DJing parties and festivals across the country. Thanks to an in-depth interview Eminem, and a historic, epic, one-of-a-kind interview with a highly passionate Kanye West however, Zane Lowe has become much better known outside the UK in 2013.

At age 40, and having worked around music his whole life, Zane Lowe is an experienced, intelligent interviewer, one who is respected by his subjects because he actually knows (and loves) their music, and has always properly researched them. Prior to the recent marquee interviews, Zane Lowe had sat down with rockstars, rappers and producers of the highest caliber—here are ten of Zane Lowe's most interesting sunjects, including Morissey, Radiohead, Daft Punk, and—of course—Kanye West.

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2. Daft Punk

Date: 2013

We do things pretty much the other direction to the rest of the world. Everything is clockwise, and we do everything counterclockwise.

3. A$AP Rocky

Year: 2013

On the "Goldie" beat: Hit Boy was going through beats he had and I heard that one and said 'Hold up, go back' and he told me it was for Jay Z... That would be the number one record in the world right now if Jay had got it.

4. Jay Z

Year: 2013

Some days, like anyone else, your just not in the mood to have 100 cameras in your face.

5. U2

Date: 2009

There's a moral absurdity to it. You see a kids life... the light go out of their eyes and you know there's no good reason for them to be dying in their mother's arms other than the fact that they didn't get a couple of pills. And it can make you very mad, very angry.

6. Eminem

Date: 2013

In making any song I've ever made, I never wanted to compromise the lyrical integrity. I always wanted to make sure that, if I was rapping on a catchy beat, I was at least doing my job as an MC.

7. Radiohead (Thom Yorke & Ed O'Brien)

Date: 2007

That's the thing that keeps me going: the idea of doing the gigs actually, is the idea of that, that collective experience... thousands of people in a field like, you know, all wanting the same thing going to the same place with the same mindset, I think, is really important.

8. Frank Ocean

Date: 2013

On the Grammy nomination for Record of the Year, presented by Prince: "I was nervous... If I'd won I would have screamed at my highest note, the highest note I could reach."

9. Morissey

Date: 2010

I see people as being very lonely and immobilized.

10. Mark Ronson & Gary Barlow (Take That)

Year: 2011

Mark Ronson starts around 24 minutes in to the video.

She [Amy Winehouse] wrote "Rehab" in about 45 minutes.

11. Kanye West

Year: 2013

If you’re a Kanye West fan, you’re not a fan of me, you’re a fan of yourself. I’m just the espresso of your own life!

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