I was obsessed with what a song was and what the possibilities of language in a song are. — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
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
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
Being in a band can be really toxic to being in a relationship, considering all the touring and everything. Sometimes when you're… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I remember when that Kelis song 'Milkshake' came out, and just how extreme it seemed in terms of that really high triangle… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
The idea of letting a recording be a moment in time appealed to me. With digital recording, it's easy to create a… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
You have to figure out as a band how a band becomes a business, and then you have to keep that business… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
A song is about heartbreak - but what are the constituent feelings? What are the aspects? There is anger, there is guilt,… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
Songs, a while ago, became the medium through which I process most of the information that I receive and feel. But I… — 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
I got a little baby grand piano off Craigslist for, like, $500. It's a beautiful instrument that you hear on a bunch… — 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
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
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
There's a certain power in vague language, but I started to get more into the idea of really trying to have a… — 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
Dirty Projectors has always been a band that's been card-carrying modernists in terms of pushing different kinds of abstraction to the fore… — 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
