When you make a melody that doesn't come with words from the get-go, sometimes you're just thinking about random vowel sounds that go with it - and it's really, really hard to write lyrics that actually obey the vowel sounds.
I love that, for Kanye [West], there's no difference between the epic and the personal. That makes him sound like a really grandiose douche - which, … - David Longstreth
I love that, for Kanye [West], there's no difference between the epic and the personal. That makes him sound like a really grandiose douche - which, …
- David Longstreth
I'm super interested in visual, and I love that being in a band can be as much about making an image as it is about making a sound. - David Longstreth
I'm super interested in visual, and I love that being in a band can be as much about making an image as it is about making a sound.
I'm the worst at favourites! I don't have one - I love all my children, I love them all equally. - David Longstreth
I'm the worst at favourites! I don't have one - I love all my children, I love them all equally.
Clearly, things are definitely changing in big ways as far as the way we consume music, listen to music, and what we expect from music. - David Longstreth
Clearly, things are definitely changing in big ways as far as the way we consume music, listen to music, and what we expect from music.
Sometimes when you're on tour, it feels like you're living the same day over and over again. - David Longstreth
Sometimes when you're on tour, it feels like you're living the same day over and over again.
I do feel like the hardest thing is to do something simple and tap into whatever remains of our common language rather than cultivating your own will… - David Longstreth
I do feel like the hardest thing is to do something simple and tap into whatever remains of our common language rather than cultivating your own will…
You think about, like, [20th-century classical composers] Alban Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern sitting around in some living room in Vienna and being l… - David Longstreth
You think about, like, [20th-century classical composers] Alban Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern sitting around in some living room in Vienna and being l…
Sometimes you get really bitter about how the prettiest images don't typically end up attached to the most interesting music. But I just take that as… - David Longstreth
Sometimes you get really bitter about how the prettiest images don't typically end up attached to the most interesting music. But I just take that as…
There's a certain power in vague language, but I started to get more into the idea of really trying to have a discrete thought in the lyrics and to h… - David Longstreth
There's a certain power in vague language, but I started to get more into the idea of really trying to have a discrete thought in the lyrics and to h…
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