St. Vincent (musician) quotes

Guitar is just something I can do. So much of it now is muscle memory, just instinct. (St. Vincent (musician))
My dad used to love Steely Dan, the Stones, Jethro Tull and all that. There was always Steely Dan going in my dad's car, but I remember The Royal Scam in particular because it has 'Kid Charlemagne' on it. View quote
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I was always just kind of obsessed with guitar, even before I started playing. View quote
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Whirlyball is only the most awesome sport on the planet! It's like bumper cars plus lacrosse meets basketball. View quote
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And if I'm honest about it, I was obsessed with Nirvana and Pearl Jam. This is like '92, right in the throes of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam and Nirvana. I think I probably wanted to be Kurt Cobain. View quote
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In regards to being a fashion aficionado, there's a certain amount of taking yourself seriously in the professional world. The self-effacing person can't completely go down the serious road. But I design, and love when things are beautiful. View quote
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All you can do is make something that you like and feel proud of and then just hope for the best and try to get out of its way. View quote
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I've been so entwined with technology since I was about 15, recording myself and multitracking and producing things on my own. View quote
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I've been watching a lot of Joan Didion interviews on YouTube. I love her. My drummer has gotten me into looking at Terence McKenna interviews. View quote
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Generally my day-to-day is pretty much the same. Just busy and working and on tour. And trying to put on the best show possible every night. View quote
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I guess trying to throw my body into the guitar is so natural for me that I don't even know how to explain it. I can't imagine life without it. (St. Vincent (musician))
Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members. View quote
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The Lilith Fair thing was Bummer Town - hey, hop aboard the marginalizing train. I guess you had people come out of that and have careers, but I think there was a pretty intense backlash, too. View quote
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I wrote 'Actor' all on the computer. I didn't touch any instruments until I was in the studio. So while I had all these ornate arrangements, I didn't have any songs. View quote
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I just love playing guitar, so that's what I'm going to do. View quote
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Fashion, for me, is anything that's aesthetic and beautiful. Art, food, film. It's something that I appreciate and really like. View quote
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I have a great band. Oh, man. I'm so happy about them. View quote
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Well, I've been recording myself on a computer since I was about 13 or 14. So it's completely entwined with my creative process. Essentially, it allows you to make music that's better and smarter than you are, by using your ears to lead the way. View quote
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I'm supportive of women, absolutely, and it's so gratifying to have girls come up and say, 'I'm really inspired by your guitar playing.' I mean no disrespect to the sisterhood, but musically I feel more drawn to things like Dirty Projectors, the National and Grizzly Bear. View quote
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Life can be challenging and sad... but music is the easy part. View quote
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I remember looking at the sky and thinking that the universe is so big and it's all chaos. I call it 'the dark fear.' At any moment, the dark fear could come in. (St. Vincent (musician))
I grew up around a lot of various religions, so it's a part of my consciousness in a way. Everything from heavy Catholicism to followers of Indian spiritual masters to Unitarian universalists - all in one family. Though the family aspect was stronger than any particular dogma. View quote
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I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams. View quote
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A song has a life of its own. It's an autonomous thing, separate from your own experience, almost. And the mere repetition of it means it's subject to change; it means approaching it differently, expressing different emotional aspects of it. It doesn't feel like wallowing. View quote
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I started playing guitar when I was 12 and probably from that age knew that I wanted to make music and make my own music. Playing with other bands like the Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens was more like an apprenticeship for me than anything. View quote
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