Kurt Vile Quotes

I've developed this routine at home. I wait for the kids to go to bed; then my wife falls asleep. Then, it's dark and quiet enough for me to work on songs.

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• Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.

  

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• I've developed this routine at home. I wait for the kids to go to bed; then my wife falls asleep. Then, it's dark and quiet enough for me to work on songs.

  

  Kurt Vile
  • Work
  • Home
  • Kids