If you can express something in the simplest way possible, I think there's something noble in that. It's easy to flesh stuff out and get all purple with it, being cryptic and wearing masks... I think it's a bit adolescent.… — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
You can get into a comfort zone writing lyrics, like wearing a mask. But I wanted to feel uncomfortable when I was listening back to the lyrics; I wanted to squirm. — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
I started growing roses. I enjoyed the craft of it and that they're difficult to look after; they can provide joy. — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
By the time you finish touring the record, everything that's exciting to me is what's ahead of me. I want to write the next… — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
I'm appalled by the tendency of some rock records to perfect everything to the point where it sounds like Botox and polish it so… — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
When you're making an album with people who made your favorite records as a rebellious teenager, it feels like you've achieved something. — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
I was definitely inspired by gospel music, or old-school R&B; I got into some Good God gospel compilations. — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
If you can express something in the simplest way possible, I think there's something noble in that. It's easy to flesh stuff out and… — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
I like simple writing. I'd rather read Hemingway than Burroughs. — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
You can get into a comfort zone writing lyrics, like wearing a mask. But I wanted to feel uncomfortable when I was listening back… — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
I never want to listen to the songs in front of people close to me. There's an emotional honesty in that place where it's… — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
Music was my friend when I was a teenager, and I would inhabit and take comfort in lyrics. That's how I want to write. — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
I'm definitely preoccupied by thinking I'm just a biological thing. I want to feel that there's more, but so often I'm reminded of how… — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
I'm just worn down and weary of bands whose lyrics are cryptic and self-referential. — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
