I used to feel that musical knowledge and emotional truth-telling were antagonistic. But I was too curious about chords and instruments and… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
Clearly, things are definitely changing in big ways as far as the way we consume music, listen to music, and what we… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
Just like any songwriter, the songs come out of where I am in my life and what I'm doing and who I'm… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
At the end of the touring on Bitte, looking back on all that stuff, I feel really proud of having written that… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
What appeals to me about 'Blind Willie' is just how sparse that music is. Just this idea - the grain of it,… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
Music has been there for me. Whether good or bad, it's the way that I process experience. As a listener and as… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
A lot of the music I was inspired by growing up - college rock, DIY, what they used to call indie rock… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
When it comes to music, I am a dictator. Making a Dirty Projectors record come to life is like making a movie;… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I do think that one of the best effects the Internet has had on music is that it's allowed these false walls… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I like the idea that songs can communicate in a way no other media can. That's why I write them. — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I remember when I first saw 'Guided by Voices'; those earlier recordings are so deconstructed, kind of like four-track music, and so… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I'd always tended to regard song lyrics as sort of a bastard medium because they're subjugated under the music. If you were… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
When I first heard Bjork's music, I felt like I was a similar-minded thinker, both harmonically and melodically. She takes those things… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
You think about, like, [20th-century classical composers] Alban Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern sitting around in some living room in Vienna and being… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
A few things I've noticed about myself as a listener, and the music that I relate to and the music that's continued… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
The first musical stuff I worked on was after the tour for 'Swing Lo Magellan' had ended and I didn't really know… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I never really thought of music as a particularly social thing. I experienced music through recordings as opposed to concerts. It just… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I think certain people would be moved to be nostalgic about America's glory days, when the music set the tone for the… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
People like to put music and art up against the dehumanizing character of commerce and business corporations. — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
Most of the creative industries have been deskilled by these really powerful ideologies of punk in music and Warhol in the visual… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
The more songs I've written, the more I've grown interested in telling a story. When I first began, I had this list… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
It's a weird job because making music or writing a song is a personal thing... and it kind of has to be.… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
When you make a melody that doesn't come with words from the get-go, sometimes you're just thinking about random vowel sounds that… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I think, for Solange, it was important to make a super-strong direct statement with 'A Seat at the Table,' and she thought 'Cool Your… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of touring is a logistical maneuver, moving your body and everyone else's from one city to the next. You're like a piece… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I used to feel that musical knowledge and emotional truth-telling were antagonistic. But I was too curious about chords and instruments and recording to… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
You have to figure out as a band how a band becomes a business, and then you have to keep that business mentality separate… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
One of the things I really like about West African guitar playing is the way it makes harmony linear. They're really spelling things out… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
What genres are good for is being like, 'Here are the parameters. Here's something about the way it's going to make you feel. And… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
Clearly, things are definitely changing in big ways as far as the way we consume music, listen to music, and what we expect from… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
I do feel like the hardest thing is to do something simple and tap into whatever remains of our common language rather than cultivating… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
Just like any songwriter, the songs come out of where I am in my life and what I'm doing and who I'm hanging out… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
At the end of the touring on Bitte, looking back on all that stuff, I feel really proud of having written that music and… — David Longstreth Copy Share Image
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