Devendra Banhart Quotes

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Devendra Banhart

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 30, 1981

At some point in your life, if you live in Venezuela, you come across or own a cuatro. Either at school, either at camp, either at a friend's house, at a birthday or Christmas or bar mitzvah, you end up with a cuatro. It's like a must.

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Well I am a Gemini.

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It's all about sensitivity. If you have sensitivity then mysticism will be part of your life.

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I've always thought it'd be nice to be seaweed, kind of just floating about.

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It's very powerful to shut down your computer and escape into the real world.

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I collect head shots from bands.

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I love almost every Britpop band.

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I was just a huge fan of Blur, Suede, Elastica and Pulp, of course, even Menswear and Ocean Colour Scene.

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I sit around and try to play along to certain songs that I really love. It helps you explore new territory.

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My gadabout days are over.

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When I came home my parents were listening to Pakistani Qawwali music, like Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, they're listening to music from Mali, like Ali Farka Toure, they're listening to Brazilian songwriters, like Gilberto Gil, to opera, to Neil Young even, things you don't hear as a kid in Caracas. I love all the music they turned me onto.

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This is my definition of selling out: When you change what you do or do what you do as a reaction to someone else's expectations or lack of expectations.

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For a long time, soul music was maybe one of my favorite kinds of music.

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Real hippies don't like me at all. They can smell a real hippy.

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Leigh Bowery is a legend. Everybody loves Leigh Bowery. Everybody should love Leigh Bowery.

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I might have some delusions of grandeur.

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I do have very small handwriting.

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I can't imagine anyone approaching art without the joy of experimentation. The joy of it is inherent... and that is how you flow with the reality of change.

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No one's fearless. We're all full of fear. But can your fear guide you or lean into it, embrace it.

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I don't make art to make money, I make art so I can make art.

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