I've never gotten in too much trouble with alcohol. I've never had a drinking problem, really.

- Kurt Vile

I'll know when a song's really awesome, for sure, and I get super stoked and I'm so high when I'm hearing it back, but then you sit with the record f…

- Kurt Vile

Not that Matador is a major label, but its major enough for me. On one level we're on Matador, but our amps still might explode on stage or they'll b…

- Kurt Vile

There were a few verses that I wrote literally on the spot. But the concept was there. It's about being in your own world musically and waking up in …

- Kurt Vile

I've always been a deep sleeper; because I come from such a large family - there are 10 kids - I could sleep through anything.

- Kurt Vile

A lot of getting a song done is booking the studio time. I'm the kind of person who will set time aside to do something and then do everything but th…

- Kurt Vile

I'd go to a more civil party just to socialize, and I didn't know what to do with myself. So I drank a shot of tequila. And then I drank another one.…

- Kurt Vile

Maybe I'm biased because I'm from there. It's close enough to New York but it's not swallowed up by New York's hustle and bustle. Philly's busy enoug…

- Kurt Vile

I've been known to just pass out instantaneously, like, anywhere.

- Kurt Vile