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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I wasn't that bothered with school; I was too mad into horses. But I liked reading and was good enough at English and always liked music.
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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.
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In order to ensure long-term investment, it is important to make infrastructure as transparent and as bankable as possible - should be a win-win for all.
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I will grab any opportunity I can to learn something new.
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Life can be less mysterious than we make it out to be when we try to think about how it would be on other planets. And if we remove the mystery of life, then I think it is a little bit easier for us to think about how we live, and how perhaps we're not as special as we always think we are.
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I do think that music videos have a huge impact on the way you listen to music.
