Devendra Banhart Quotes

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Devendra Banhart

Profession : Musician

Birth : May 30, 1981

I remember when I was a kid I thought I could either be an athletic water drinker, like an Olympic-level water drinker, or I could invent Windex. Which I thought was really smart, because it already existed.

Devendra Banhart

In the next life what would my career be? Oh, easy. Dried persimmon dealer.

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Grizzly Bear's 'Knife' is one of the best videos of all time - everything Encyclopedia Pictura has done is really incredible.

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I want to do a record with Adam Green of all German schlager songs.

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I try to listen to as much as possible. 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.

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I can't tell you how many times I've had a friend tell me, in this tender and discreet voice, 'It's just you and me bro, and I want to tell you the truth: make a record of you and an acoustic guitar. Please. That's what everybody actually likes.' That's so funny to me.

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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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When the Internet came along, the first thing I did was look up Wu-Tang so I could print out their symbol and glue it onto my skateboard.

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In the past, I had this open-door policy where everyone was invited. And that was awesome, but you end up releasing songs that you don't really like and justifying it in your head.

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Generally, I can't really do much without music playing - even writing or thinking. Peace and quiet means putting on a song.

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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 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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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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Good art doesn't really have an expiration date on it.

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I'm interested in Qawwali and the blues.

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I sometimes think a movement as rich and wild and incredible as Tropicalismo wouldn't have survived without incredibly catchy music.

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I grew up around so much new agey stuff. Part of me takes it lightly because I'm so used to it. It was my parents. It wasn't some path I discovered and want to share with people. It's just been a very natural part of my life. There's humor to it and there's seriousness to it, too.

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As an adolescent I saw the Specials at the Glass House in Pomona, and that was life changing. I dressed the part - except not well, because it was a thrift suit. I looked more like David Byrne than a rudeboy; I still have a hard time finding suits that fit me. But I had my braces and I had my Docs. It was unbelievable.

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I know that there are energies that vibrate frequencies that are so subtle you could say that they exist in a different territory or realm or sphere, and people mistake these frequencies for ghosts.

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I aspire to feel like a child, how about that!

Devendra Banhart