It's a weird job because making music or writing a song is a personal thing... and it kind of has to be. You can always tell when people are faking.
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.
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 i… - David Longstreth
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 i…
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…
You have to figure out as a band how a band becomes a business, and then you have to keep that business mentality separate from the creative one, whi… - David Longstreth
You have to figure out as a band how a band becomes a business, and then you have to keep that business mentality separate from the creative one, whi…
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