Devendra Banhart (Devendra Obi Banhart) Quotes
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Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.
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I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.
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Most of my early records were not cohesive at all, just collections of demos recorded in different years. 'Odelay' was the first time I actually got to go in the studio and record a piece of music in a continuous linear fashion, although that was written over a year.
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We always make music and continue to make hits.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and I would never underestimate the impact of a writer.
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Every kid has a laptop; everyone can make music, so in order to stand out, I think it's important to find that sonic identity, I think my sonic identity - and mine is finding these weird sounds that may not necessarily sound that musical, and make them sound musical.
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I've always considered music stores to be the graveyards of musicians.
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I'm still going to sing these songs because trap is a type of music very popular in the streets, and people want to hear it.
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I don't think I make dance music. It's not even 4/4. And it's slow.
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Prior to getting into music, I interacted with, on a daily basis, about 5-10 percent of the people that I've interacted with since then. I've been meeting people from different backgrounds and different cultures. That did allow for a lot of change. I've changed as a product of that, but it's been positive.
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I found that it wasn't so oddball to like music and poetry and visual arts, they're kindred spirits.
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The '60s is one of my favourite eras in general. I love '60s music, and I've always wanted to do a period film.
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When I was driving home after registration, I heard this song on the radio, a guy singing about not ever going to class in college and always hanging out and singing for his friends. I laughed and said, I can relate, because it was so much like me. I realized right then I would pull out of school and pursue a music career.
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I just want everybody to know my music and get to know my squad, Remy Boyz; just to show people New Jersey. New Jersey got talent, too. I mean, everybody sleeps on us, and they put us as the underdog.
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Action set pieces are my absolute favorite thing to write. I'm pretty much always in the mood to do them, but music certainly helps the process. I usually brainstorm out the dynamics and choreography of a fight to music beforehand - it gives me the little sparks of imagination when I get to the gaps in my own creativity.
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The music is at this weird intersection of dance music and indie music. It's not quite dancey enough to do a full-blown DJ set, and it wasn't quite rock enough for a rock band. But I guess it's what makes us unique - drawing from a lot of different influences.
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There's no real outlet for making Hip-Hop in Alabama. You need to travel to get heard. You really need to be working though. You need to be going at it every day and getting yourself seen, getting yourself out there on the road, doing shows, making music. It's all about being on your grind.
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The abortion industry can try to improve its 'messaging' all it wants. But unless abortion advocates change their devotion to abortion-on-demand, the only message Americans will receive is that the abortion industry is only really interested in improving its bottom line at the expense of the most defenseless among us.
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What is divine? Simply that which man has not yet been able to understand. Once understood, it ceases to be divine.
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But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy.
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I do think that music videos have a huge impact on the way you listen to music.
