A lot of what being a producer is, is giving people space. Like psychologically being there to help them realize what they're… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I always felt more connected with people who are proud of who they are. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I've always been very good at helping other people finish their songs. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I work on music with different people, and I work on music on my own. That's my life. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
A lot of people get a high from being onstage. I found ways to enjoy it. But I get it from being… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I love working with Angel Deradoorian, she's a joy to work with. She's fab at singing and she has a real... she… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
The whole point of Lady Gaga is that anyone can do it. A few years ago she was a nobody. She talks… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I think that for a lot of us gay people, we do feel that pop is our music. We identify with it… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I can pass as a lot of things: people meet me and don't think I'm gay and speak about gay people in… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
When an old tape machine makes pitch wobble, some people would say that compromises fidelity and would try to get rid of… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I'm trying to get to a point where I tell people, if you want to get in touch with me, please don't… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
Honestly, I never felt like I wasn't an artist on my own. I always felt like the music I made was mine,… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
Even though I've been making electronic music since I was 14, it's hard for people to see you as a producer with… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I guess I have some kind of a visceral connection with drums. I'm looking to create music that people can react to… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
There is a sense of tranquility that I think people can get from being in an organized group, where a singular leader… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I am a very big fan of Brian Eno, of his work as an artist and making his music, and as a producer. In… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share
I tend to use different microphones, different mic techniques, and different recording mediums - like analogue tape - that evoke multiple eras of recorded… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share
I think the music that speaks to me the most is music that is personal. And that's the music that I'm trying to make. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share
I've always been very good at helping other people finish their songs. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share
The most exciting songs to me are the unlikely hits, when you think, 'I love this, but why is it on the radio?' — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share
Even though I've been making electronic music since I was 14, it's hard for people to see you as a producer with a musical… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share
It's always my mission to try to do something that hasn't been done before, whether that's musically, lyrically or in terms of mixing. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share
There's a line in the Arthur Russell documentary where his partner talks about how Arthur is really interested in process. He never felt like… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share
The first Vampire Weekend record was the first full-length album that I produced. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share
Classical music can be catchy, so can African instrumental guitar music. It's not just pop songs that are catchy. Rhythms can be catchy, too. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share
Because of who I am, and how open I am, there's something inherently political about just writing love songs. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share
I've always had a complex relationship towards my identity as an American. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share
When my mom was pregnant with me, my parents moved from France to America. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share
You want the personality of each performer - whether it's singing or bass or drums or piano - to be intact. In some ways… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share
I thought it would be interesting to play classical music on rock instruments. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share
