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title: "2 Collaborating Quotes By Hamilton Leithauser"
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> [I was writing music when we finished the last Walkmen record, Heaven, and a few of these songs may have even been started before Heaven was done. With The Walkmen we all wrote a lot of stuff alone, but then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/i-was-writing-music-when-we-finished-the-last-walkmen-record-heaven/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

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> [When we got to the step when we'd normally start collaborating, we started having these talks about how it was not worth getting together. Getting together just didn't feel very inspired, and doing it alone did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/when-we-got-to-the-step-when-we-d-normally-start-collaborating-we/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

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## More by Hamilton Leithauser

> [I write songs now I look at my strengths and I start there. In The Walkmen, we'd start with the live stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/i-write-songs-now-i-look-at-my-strengths-and-i-start-there-in-the/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

> [I was writing music when we finished the last Walkmen record, Heaven, and a few of these songs may have even been started before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/i-was-writing-music-when-we-finished-the-last-walkmen-record-heaven/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

> [I really don't feel as connected to Heaven as I do to the ones where I was there from start to finish. And on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/i-really-don-t-feel-as-connected-to-heaven-as-i-do-to-the-ones-where/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

> [When you spend your whole life traveling it does get really tedious and exhausting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/when-you-spend-your-whole-life-traveling-it-does-get-really-tedious/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

> [When we got to the step when we'd normally start collaborating, we started having these talks about how it was not worth getting together.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/when-we-got-to-the-step-when-we-d-normally-start-collaborating-we/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

> [You feel like half of your life is a vacation when you go to these Barcelona music festivals and have all day to sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/you-feel-like-half-of-your-life-is-a-vacation-when-you-go-to-these/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

> [You're always trying to find new stuff and new inspiration. If you don't really push and you don't try something that feels exciting, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/you-re-always-trying-to-find-new-stuff-and-new-inspiration-if-you-don/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

> [The great thing is that when you hire string players you always get really great players. I don't know why that is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/the-great-thing-is-that-when-you-hire-string-players-you-always-get/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

> [Everyone in Seattle is a total pussy when it comes to snow. The whole city shut down, the place looked like an apocalyptic movie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/everyone-in-seattle-is-a-total-pussy-when-it-comes-to-snow-the-whole/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

> [When you're in your twenties you always think that 30 is a long ways off, and maybe you'll have things in line when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/when-you-re-in-your-twenties-you-always-think-that-30-is-a-long-ways/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

> [I was staying at my friend's house and he told me about the drug Prednisone. It took me 14 years to discover it. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/i-was-staying-at-my-friend-s-house-and-he-told-me-about-the-drug/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

> [I used to put the vocals on top and piece it together. Now I start with the vocals and the string parts I write;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/i-used-to-put-the-vocals-on-top-and-piece-it-together-now-i-start/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

> [I'm really not into the idea of just faking songs with a synthesizer. That just isn't the music I'm making at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/i-m-really-not-into-the-idea-of-just-faking-songs-with-a-synthesizer/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

> [When I got to L.A. I woke up and I was losing my voice because of the dry air. It was like, "Oh my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/when-i-got-to-l-a-i-woke-up-and-i-was-losing-my-voice-because-of-the/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

> [You look back and see pictures of yourself, or hear an old song, and you know where that came from or why you were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamilton-leithauser/you-look-back-and-see-pictures-of-yourself-or-hear-an-old-song-and/)

[Hamilton Leithauser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamilton-leithauser/)

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