I don't think you can reach the same highs working in a band as you can on your own. — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
Surely there's a deeper pursuit to music than getting bros to pump their fists in the air. — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
Nothing matches the sheer euphoria of discovering a new melody or a new batch of chords that just come out of nowhere. — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
It's kind of always been a secret fantasy of mine, the idea of writing a song and then not having to be… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
Songwriting has become such a big part of what I do that emotions and the melodies that accompany them blur into one. — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
I used to download music illegally. Everyone has. No one is innocent. Everyone has done that. — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
I hate when bands make beige, middle-of-the-road music. I guess you can say 'Lonerism' is the war on beige music. — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
I guess I'm not saying that I think music should be free, but I do think that if people can get it… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
For me, I'm just too bad at remembering the details of lengths of parts of songs, so if we had backing tracks,… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
I think after a long tour and after an album, your brain feels like it wants to relax, but at the same… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
The inspiration to write a song comes to me when something has happened to me more than once. If it's happened to… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
I don't like the idea that I'm a one-trick pony, even if I am! No matter what else I do, I have… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
One of my mottos for 'Currents' was 'Give the song what it deserves.' How would this song flourish? If the song could… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
For me, pop melodies are their own thing that have their own emotion, but they don't necessarily belong exclusively in a pop… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
For 'Lonerism,' I really wanted make a non-psychedelic record. That's why the dominant instrument is the synthesiser, but maybe it didn't quite… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
If someone says, 'Hey man, I love your album, it really got me through a breakup, but I downloaded it for free,'… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
One of the first albums I can remember hearing was a Supertramp best of, with mostly 'Breakfast in America' songs on it.… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
Once I've got something that I feel is strong, if I get long enough to think about it, it'll turn into something.… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
That's how a lot of Tame Impala songs start out - as ideas for songs I could potentially give to someone else.… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
I love the Beatles, but I don't listen to them at all regularly. Most of my friends are bigger Beatles fans than… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
I had this weird fetish for making the guitar sound like it wasn't a guitar to try and trick people into actually… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
Grunge gave me a sense of identity, and I remember really associating with 'Silverchair,' who were these chilled-out Australian teenagers. The fact… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
I feel like music will be free sooner or later, and I think I'm all for it. — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
Making music is so spiritual. I'm not a spiritual person, but music is sacred to me. — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
After my grunge phase, I started opening my horizons and listening to more electronic stuff. I got into Radiohead, specifically 'Amnesiac' -… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
Listening to my dad playing guitar along to 'Sleepwalk' by the Shadows was probably the first time I discovered emotion in music. — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
In the end, for me, music is such an internal thing that to let the outside world influence would be against my… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
I'd say most of the rest of the world are bigger Beatles fans than me. They'd know more of the songs and… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
If I'm recording a song, and it's kind of fuzzed out, but I've got this super candy melody, I feel nothing but… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
I've always been of the idea that is doesn't really matter where you are geographically - with 'Lonerism,' we made half the album in… — Kevin Parker Copy Share
I wanted to make something that, from the sound of it, could be down at the club. I just realised that I'd never heard… — Kevin Parker Copy Share
I used to think interacting with people in the audience, touching people in the crowd, was a total ego-based thing. I never realized how… — Kevin Parker Copy Share
The first time someone asked us for an autograph was the moment we realized we were doing something that most people spend their teenage… — Kevin Parker Copy Share
Some of my most important musical experiences were from a burnt CD with songs my friend downloaded for me at a terrible digital quality. — Kevin Parker Copy Share
Obviously, artists need to make money and stuff like that, but if you do something good or if you make good art or make… — Kevin Parker Copy Share
It's funny how concert dreams are such a recurring thing among musicians. It's like how everyone has that dream of their teeth falling out?… — Kevin Parker Copy Share
I've always made music on my own, but I didn't think there was a platform for that, so I thought I had to pretend… — Kevin Parker Copy Share
Making music is so spiritual. I'm not a spiritual person, but music is sacred to me. — Kevin Parker Copy Share
I have almost no memory of my parents ever speaking to each other. They split up on bad terms. I assumed that's what family… — Kevin Parker Copy Share
The more confidence I get with making music, the more I feel like I can just rely on myself to fulfill me. — Kevin Parker Copy Share
If someone says, 'Hey man, I love your album, it really got me through a breakup, but I downloaded it for free,' I'll be… — Kevin Parker Copy Share
