Stéphane Paut Quotes

I always tried to make a diverse album in terms of emotions and sounds.

Stéphane Paut

• Sound
• Emotion
• Term

It's always good to go from a heavy song to a softer one. It helps having the attention of the audience for the whole show - three hours of the same songs for the whole show is boring.

Stéphane Paut

• Song
• Attention
• Audience

You just have to be adventurous and that's the way I like to work. I think that's the role of the artist, to do something difficult, doing it first for himself. That's my definition of sincerity.

Stéphane Paut

• Difficult
• Sincerity
• Definitions

Sometimes people think that that you are going softer, or you are going mainstream, but that's not true. It's way more true to change your style.

Stéphane Paut

• People
• Style
• Sometimes

Every time I make a record, it's a gem with different facets, and every time I like to explore a different side. The core is the same, it never changes, but I try to create a different shape.

Stéphane Paut

• Different
• Trying
• Records

It was always a great challenge: how can I make a dreampop album that's still very Alcest, but not a ripoff - how to keep the core.

Stéphane Paut

• Challenges
• Stills
• Albums

There are so many bands always doing the same album over and over; I want to evolve, try new things.

Stéphane Paut

• Band
• Albums
• New Things

What excites me is to know I don't have any limits, that it's quite an open project, more open than I thought it could be. To have this freedom to try very different things. I listen to lots of music from every genre.

Stéphane Paut

• Different
• Trying
• Limits

Sometimes when you record an album in the end, there are things here and there you regret production wise or in composition.

Stéphane Paut

• Sometimes
• Wise
• Regret