Artist Quotes by Devendra Banhart

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

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

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

Growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, the ubiquitous music is salsa, cumbia, merengue, a little bit of samba.

— Devendra Banhart

I've always said that musicians are the comics of my generations and comedians are the politicians of my generation.

— Devendra Banhart

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

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

R. Kelly is my favorite singer.

— Devendra Banhart

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

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

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

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