Washed Out Quotes

Washed Out

Profession : Musician

Birth : October 3, 1982

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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When I think about making 'Within,' it was not a very fun experience at all.

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I don't think it's an exciting thing to move back in with your parents.

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It is easy to get an interesting loop to happen, but it becomes a collage when the song and loop are constantly changing.

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I've struggled with depression before. For me, music was always a very positive way to will myself out of that situation.

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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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Something on mainstream radio is very in your face with the vocals. I tried that, and it just doesn't feel like Washed Out. It's got to have that haziness to it.

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I've always written pop songs. I tend to take inspiration from more experimental genres, like ambient music, but at the root of the song, it's verse-chorus-verse.

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I love listening to pop radio.

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I listen to a lot of different kinds of music, and I feel like I can pull ideas from practically anything. You name it - I'll probably like it.

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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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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 know of some guitar-based rock bands that refuse to record anything that they can't play live. But some of the best stuff I come up with are studio-based performances - bringing out whatever accident I had in the studio and building a song around that.

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I do have the personnel that we use in the back of my head when I'm working, but I also don't want to limit myself.

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My general taste is towards the melancholy.

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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 don't really write all that well with others.

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I was gonna work in a university, but no one was hiring.

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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.

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I felt like I was building this world brick by brick with each layer of instrumentation I was doing. I could see it growing in some ways. I feel like most writers feel the same way. You're almost living inside of this magic world that you're building.

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