Leslie Feist (Feist) Quotes
Let It Die' is more piano-based, organ-based and percussion-based. Live, the songs are more guitar-based. The record that we're doing right now is really guitar-based. I feel like finally I get to write some parts that I'll be excited to play on tour for this record.
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Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
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I love writing songs.
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I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.
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I tend to name albums after one of the songs.
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With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
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A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few albums.
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Amazon has historically been a bully, and I don't shop there. But I love Goodreads. For the record.
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I don't have many easy songs.
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What you do on tour is you build this 'You and me against the world' thing.
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For me as a filmmaker, I do the projects I'm really excited about.
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I've always been excited at the idea of performing a solo show.
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I like to Instagram my dogs! I also get excited to post behind-the-scenes photos from when I was filming something.
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Indian food is a luxury on tour.
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I'm a lover of songs.
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Dad really had little to do with the songs, except to perform them.
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Acting has never excited me.
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I don't think there's anything anybody's doing that the Beatles didn't at least try at some point.
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I don't write about anything I don't want to write about. I like to think I could write about anything pretty much that I chose to. I have been asked to write songs about specific things, and I've always been able to come up with the goods.
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I always have been very musically influenced because of my dad. He had a very big record collection, so I dabbled in different genres.
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The paths by which people journey toward happiness lie in part through the world about them and in part through the experience of their souls. On the one hand, there is the happiness which comes from wealth, honor, the enjoyment of life, from health, culture, science, or art; and, on the other hand, there is the happiness which is to be found in a good conscience, in virtue, work, philanthropy, religion, devotion to great ideas and great deeds.
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I just love kids. I always have.
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Let It Die' is more piano-based, organ-based and percussion-based. Live, the songs are more guitar-based. The record that we're doing right now is really guitar-based. I feel like finally I get to write some parts that I'll be excited to play on tour for this record.
