- Over
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Expectations
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is my definition of selling out: When you change what you do or do what you do as a reaction to someone else's expectations or lack of expectations.
- Encyclopedia
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- Nov 07, 2020
Grizzly Bear's 'Knife' is one of the best videos of all time - everything Encyclopedia Pictura has done is really incredible.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sit around and try to play along to certain songs that I really love. It helps you explore new territory.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to listen to as much as possible. I know some people really try to avoid music when they're writing and recording, but I am very inspired by so many different musicians, and I need to learn.
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't tell you how many times I've had a friend tell me, in this tender and discreet voice, 'It's just you and me bro, and I want to tell you the truth: make a record of you and an acoustic guitar. Please. That's what everybody actually likes.' That's so funny to me.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
As anthropomorphic and surreal people have said my early writing was, to me it was really stock and almost banal in the sense that it was just description, the poetry of comparing: 'Your feet are like A, and your eyes like B.'
- Grandeur
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- Nov 07, 2020
I might have some delusions of grandeur.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the Internet came along, the first thing I did was look up Wu-Tang so I could print out their symbol and glue it onto my skateboard.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the past, I had this open-door policy where everyone was invited. And that was awesome, but you end up releasing songs that you don't really like and justifying it in your head.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Generally, I can't really do much without music playing - even writing or thinking. Peace and quiet means putting on a song.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like California a lot. There's a lot of space, but it's actually the most populated place in the nation.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I meditate.' That's like saying 'I eat.' Think of all the food there is! And there are almost as many varieties of mediation.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've got a long list of things I consider to be selling out. But amongst that list, one of them is when you make art without putting your guard down.
- Date
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good art doesn't really have an expiration date on it.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's all about sensitivity. If you have sensitivity then mysticism will be part of your life.
- Interested
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm interested in Qawwali and the blues.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up around so much new agey stuff. Part of me takes it lightly because I'm so used to it. It was my parents. It wasn't some path I discovered and want to share with people. It's just been a very natural part of my life. There's humor to it and there's seriousness to it, too.
- Hard Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an adolescent I saw the Specials at the Glass House in Pomona, and that was life changing. I dressed the part - except not well, because it was a thrift suit. I looked more like David Byrne than a rudeboy; I still have a hard time finding suits that fit me. But I had my braces and I had my Docs. It was unbelievable.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know that there are energies that vibrate frequencies that are so subtle you could say that they exist in a different territory or realm or sphere, and people mistake these frequencies for ghosts.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I aspire to feel like a child, how about that!
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I get older, there's this new realisation and it's almost like a relief, and that is that I can never be who I once was, but only who I want to become.
- Getting Older
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm getting older and I'm just coming to terms that I'm stuck with me so I better try to like myself.
- Conservative
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm deeply conservative and I'm profoundly boring.
- Collect
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- Nov 07, 2020
I collect head shots from bands.
- Band
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love almost every Britpop band.
- Dies
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- Nov 07, 2020
When anyone dies, it's sad.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm just trying to make rent and do my work.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Basho is the great poet of Japan, writing in the second half of the 17th century, but his work is still incredibly fresh.
- Making
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anne Imhof is a powerful artist from Germany making work that is totally interdisciplinary.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
My number-one hero in terms of interdisciplinary art is Laurie Anderson, but I've always admired anyone who can think way beyond any one medium.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love Oasis.
- Breathing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pay attention to your breathing.
- Now
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- Nov 07, 2020