With music there's so many limbs and facets. Video and touring and merchandise and all those little things require attention. They're artist… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
You've got to be in a place where you can put your guard down. I've got a long list of things I… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I come from a school of artists, the Mission School in San Francisco, and there are a lot of artists I look… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I've got a long list of things I consider to be selling out. But amongst that list, one of them is when… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
My number-one hero in terms of interdisciplinary art is Laurie Anderson, but I've always admired anyone who can think way beyond any… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
Good art doesn't really have an expiration date on it. That's something to be happy about, if you're making art. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
John Cage is someone I got into as a visual artist, before I even knew his music. I don't think a lot… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
Anne Imhof is a powerful artist from Germany making work that is totally interdisciplinary. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
The first paid show was in Los Angeles at an art opening and I was paid maybe, I don't know, twenty five… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I can't imagine anyone approaching art without the joy of experimentation. The joy of it is inherent... and that is how you… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
People want to be successful, and they want to be acknowledged for what they do. Sometimes they make really great art and… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I was born with a beard. We're quite hairy down in Latin America. We don't have to use sponges when we wash dishes. We… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
People love to take sides, but it's not effective. It's not really an effective way of communicating something, because you're either already part of… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I think five percent of all songs can be love songs, and another five percent can be miscellaneous or political, but the rest should… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
Growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, the ubiquitous music is salsa, cumbia, merengue, a little bit of samba. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I've always said that musicians are the comics of my generations and comedians are the politicians of my generation. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to write a song that goes, "I love you" and a book that goes, "Something happened." Something very direct. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
We live in an age where many things are working hard to conk us out and anesthetize us. Anything we can do to shake… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
When the Internet came along, the first thing I did was look up Wu-Tang so I could print out their symbol and glue it… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
And because my teeth don't bite, I can take them out dancing I can take my little teeth out and show them a real… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I've always noticed talking about lyrics is like talking about a duality. It's like a Gemini time every time I talk about one line.… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
My number-one hero in terms of interdisciplinary art is Laurie Anderson, but I've always admired anyone who can think way beyond any one medium. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
