James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem on Failure

US Candid thoughts on overcoming obstacles 03/02/25

Everyone has experienced failure, but we often see our heroes as iconic beacons of absolute success - and really that isn't the case. Here we have James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem talking about the failures in his life, and how he responded to that. It's inspiring to hear someone so established open up about the rocky road we've all experienced. Here hs is in two longer form conversations:

One with Red Bull Academy:

And here he is on Sound Opinions:

More from LCD Soundsystem: https://lcdsoundsystem.com/

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