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title: "1 Really Push Quotes By Hamilton Leithauser"
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> [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 it's not worth doing.](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/)

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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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