Washed Out Quotes
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One of the great things about music is how it can take you places.
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I lived in a neighborhood where there weren't many kids. I had a couple sisters, but I was very much a loner. Whatever film I had seen that day or that week, I would completely find myself in that world.
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I didn't realise how much I ate Mexican food, like tacos and burritos three times a week, until I came to Europe and couldn't find any.
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Over a year's time, I felt like I squeezed in five years of touring experience, which was a really huge help moving forward.
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I normally start at the computer with something really simple like a four-bar loop of a drum sample or a bass line. And then I just start adding layers of synthesizers.
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Travelling is really great for giving you tons of ideas, but it's really hard to actually record anything on the road.
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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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The way that I sing is very mumbled-together, and so I guess I'm kind of stuck with it now.
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Honestly, I've just made music so long by myself, in some ways I don't feel I'm a very good collaborator.
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I was definitely the kid in the back of the class with his head down the whole time not wanting to speak up and say anything.
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My philosophy is generally to keep things as simple as possible.
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Maybe in the future, you'll be able to understand what I'm saying. I'm going more for an atmospheric vibe in my songs. And I really don't want to ruin the illusions people may create for themselves.
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I want people to make sense of what I'm talking about.
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I don't really write all that well with others.
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For the longest time, I was trying to be DJ Shadow, I think. But I slowly developed my own style. It was trial and error, for sure.
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I don't think I would change anything. I think we've done a fairly good job of remaining sane and making the right decisions.
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There are certain sounds that have a loaded past. Like the sound of a harp, if you go back to old movies, represents a dream sequence; it transports you there.
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In your imagination, you can perfect things in a way you can't do in your everyday life.
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I'm very much a fan of having something tactile you can hold.
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I try to stay on a pretty normal schedule of nine-to-five.
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Texture is very important. Just the feel of everything. It's not always about recording everything in pristine quality and having everything mixed where it's absolutely perfect. It's more about a vibe.
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I'm without a doubt a producer first. The lyrics happen towards the tail-end of the process, mainly because they're more stream-of-consciousness. It's very rare that I'm going to tell a really concrete story.
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Where I grew up in the middle of Georgia, hip-hop is king, and on Friday and Saturday nights, local DJs do mixes. It's a great mix of local stuff and then some of the bigger hits and remixes of the hits, and it just has this nice flow with a dirty-South sound to everything.
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When I look back at the record and listen to it, I can sort of see where I was at when I was making it - these brief little moments, different places I was at emotionally.