Devendra Banhart Quotes
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I've always wanted to write a song that goes, "I love you" and a book that goes, "Something happened." Something very direct.
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I hate having my photograph taken and I try to keep that in mind when I'm photographing other people. But the best photos that I've taken are the ones when people have forgotten that I'm there. If I'm in a recording studio with a musician, for example, maybe I'm not photographing them in the middle of a take but I can just get that stolen moment of them resting and they glance over to me.
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Africa. There are a gazillion different languages people speak there, different bone structures, so vast and different.
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I heard somebody say that the war ended today, but everybody knows it's going still.
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I find Mexico exciting to visit, but I think [it] is looked down upon. Mexico is not a very respected place, unless you're Mexican, and even then it's something of a love/hate relationship.
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There is something to mystery. You make up this entire world that you fit into because of what the actual music does to you.
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"I meditate." That's like saying "I eat." Think of all the food there is! And there are almost as many varieties of mediation.
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As anthropomorphic and surreal people have said my early writing was, to me it was really stock and almost banal in the sense that it was just description, the poetry of comparing: "Your feet are like A, and your eyes like B."
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There are plenty of things in vaults that didn't sell in its time. So much stuff. But slowly these companies start to get a hint that these things have some value.
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Some people like to say serendipitous. I like to say magical.
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I like California a lot. There's a lot of space, but it's actually the most populated place in the nation.
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I'm one of those people that if you're told that if you put your hand in the fire, you'll burn your hand, I won't listen.
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Good art doesn't really have an expiration date on it. That's something to be happy about, if you're making art.
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When I go to vote for anything, I always pencil in the proposition to return California and Texas to Mexico. I'm the one person that's voting for that one.
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I do think that music videos have a huge impact on the way you listen to music.
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I cannot wait for all the mistakes we have yet to make
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People want to be successful, and they want to be acknowledged for what they do. Sometimes they make really great art and aren't. Historically, the best artists weren't. But their work survived.
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And because my teeth don't bite, I can take them out dancing I can take my little teeth out and show them a real good time
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Having friends who are records nerds - that's the best thing you can do, have a record-geek friend to take you far.
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Now everybody knows about this thing that's my secret. It was my thing, the music I turned to when I was alone and needed it. It's what helps me get through these times. It's just between me and music, and now it's been shared with the world.
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It only takes one profound experience to change somebody's life.
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I get to swim in the ocean every single day, which is a very, very important thing to do to stay connected.
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You've got to be in a place where you can put your guard down. I've got a long list of things I consider to be selling out. But amongst that list, one of them is when you make art without putting your guard down.
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Cripple crow say something for our grieving, where do we go once we start leaving. Well close that wound or else keep on bleeding and change your tune, it's got no meaning.
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I didn't want to make a record that was just guitar and voice, that was just the technology available to me. At the time, I remember thinking, "I am making a Faust album." That didn't translate.
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I see so many little boys I wanna marry, I see plenty little kids I've yet to have.
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You have to collaborate with the moment and the environment. It kind of was magnified by the house being a studio.
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I know some people really try to avoid music when they're writing and recording, but I am very inspired by so many different musicians, and I need to learn. I sit around and try to play along to certain songs that I really love. It helps you explore new territory. I don't think I listen to enough.
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When real work happens and that's when real art happens.
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I always wanted to move to New York because of the Velvet Underground, because of the picture that they painted of New York City.
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