I like the idea that songs can communicate in a way no other media can. That's why I write them. — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
The more songs I've written, the more I've grown interested in telling a story. When I first began, I had this list… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
It's a weird job because making music or writing a song is a personal thing... and it kind of has to be.… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
Clearly, things are definitely changing in big ways as far as the way we consume music, listen to music, and what we… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
Bjork has this kind of abstraction and formalism that you associate with art music or avant-garde music. — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
When it comes to music, I am a dictator. Making a Dirty Projectors record come to life is like making a movie;… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
What appeals to me about 'Blind Willie' is just how sparse that music is. Just this idea - the grain of it,… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I think certain people would be moved to be nostalgic about America's glory days, when the music set the tone for the… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
With 'Stillness', I don't think I appreciated how very codified all the different genres were in radio formats and the various constituencies… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
The first musical stuff I worked on was after the tour for 'Swing Lo Magellan' had ended and I didn't really know… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
Most of the creative industries have been deskilled by these really powerful ideologies of punk in music and Warhol in the visual… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I'd always tended to regard song lyrics as sort of a bastard medium because they're subjugated under the music. If you were… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
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… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I never really thought of music as a particularly social thing. I experienced music through recordings as opposed to concerts. It just… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
You think about, like, [20th-century classical composers] Alban Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern sitting around in some living room in Vienna and being… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
A lot of the music I was inspired by growing up - college rock, DIY, what they used to call indie rock… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
When I first heard Bjork's music, I felt like I was a similar-minded thinker, both harmonically and melodically. She takes those things… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
People like to put music and art up against the dehumanizing character of commerce and business corporations. — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I remember when I first saw 'Guided by Voices'; those earlier recordings are so deconstructed, kind of like four-track music, and so… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
Music has been there for me. Whether good or bad, it's the way that I process experience. As a listener and as… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
At the end of the touring on Bitte, looking back on all that stuff, I feel really proud of having written that… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I used to feel that musical knowledge and emotional truth-telling were antagonistic. But I was too curious about chords and instruments and… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
A few things I've noticed about myself as a listener, and the music that I relate to and the music that's continued… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I do think that one of the best effects the Internet has had on music is that it's allowed these false walls… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
Just like any songwriter, the songs come out of where I am in my life and what I'm doing and who I'm… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I think, for Solange, it was important to make a super-strong direct statement with 'A Seat at the Table,' and she thought 'Cool Your… — David Longstreth Copy Share
Ninety percent of touring is a logistical maneuver, moving your body and everyone else's from one city to the next. You're like a piece… — David Longstreth Copy Share
I used to feel that musical knowledge and emotional truth-telling were antagonistic. But I was too curious about chords and instruments and recording to… — David Longstreth Copy Share
You have to figure out as a band how a band becomes a business, and then you have to keep that business mentality separate… — David Longstreth Copy Share
One of the things I really like about West African guitar playing is the way it makes harmony linear. They're really spelling things out… — David Longstreth Copy Share
What genres are good for is being like, 'Here are the parameters. Here's something about the way it's going to make you feel. And… — David Longstreth Copy Share
Clearly, things are definitely changing in big ways as far as the way we consume music, listen to music, and what we expect from… — David Longstreth Copy Share
I do feel like the hardest thing is to do something simple and tap into whatever remains of our common language rather than cultivating… — David Longstreth Copy Share
Just like any songwriter, the songs come out of where I am in my life and what I'm doing and who I'm hanging out… — David Longstreth Copy Share
At the end of the touring on Bitte, looking back on all that stuff, I feel really proud of having written that music and… — David Longstreth Copy Share
What appeals to me about 'Blind Willie' is just how sparse that music is. Just this idea - the grain of it, the rawness… — David Longstreth Copy Share
The thing that transforms something from being an idea to being a physical reality is work. — David Longstreth Copy Share
The idea of letting a recording be a moment in time appealed to me. With digital recording, it's easy to create a perfect text… — David Longstreth Copy Share
![“You think about, like, [20th-century classical composers] Alban Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern sitting around in some living room in Vienna and being like, "We are the end of music. We are the end of this tradition. Music is done."” quote by David Longstreth](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0aa/david-longstreth-8561_20th-century_you-think-about-like-20th-century-classi_2113030.jpg)
