Drugs don't have to be a part of that to me, so if somebody says - your music takes me to that sort of place - then I'm really psyched.

- Panda Bear

When you create something you leave little crumbs of stuff that you've experienced or music that you've listened to.

- Panda Bear

I guess I feel like; if you're doing something and people are accusing you of appropriating something like that so obviously, then I would feel like …

- Panda Bear

After watching a couple of live performances of bands like Nirvana, I was really excited and inspired by how raw and powerful it was. I wanted to at …

- Panda Bear

I have a hard time with extreme imagery. Like I can't watch horror movies or anything like that.

- Panda Bear

I enjoy trying to figure out a way to deal with machines - they become like little buddies or something. It's almost the same way you might develop a…

- Panda Bear

The visuals and the audio, could stand by themselves in a way. But the whole idea of the thing, is that they would exist together. So I think togethe…

- Panda Bear

Even though there's stuff that I really like that is just a retro sort of style or whatever, I feel like what I'm most excited by is new mixes of thi…

- Panda Bear

At least for me personally, drugs aren't an essential part of having a surreal experience, or what you might call a higher experience.

- Panda Bear