Song Quotes by Hamilton Leithauser

8 Song quotes by Hamilton Leithauser

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Hamilton Leithauser’s eight reflections on Song feel like a quick jam session, each line hinting at his indie‑rock sensibility. The collection offers a compact taste of his lyrical mindset.

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I write songs now I look at my strengths and I start there. In The Walkmen, we'd start with the live stuff.

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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…

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I used to put the vocals on top and piece it together. Now I start with the vocals and the string parts…

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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.

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You look back and see pictures of yourself, or hear an old song, and you know where that came from or why…

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I felt like I could get away with calling it Black Hours. That could easily be the most depressing record ever written,…

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I think I got interested in singing without being too over-the-top. I was more calmly singing the words - which I thought…

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I feel really personally connected to all of the songs, so stepping back is really hard.

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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…

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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…

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When you spend your whole life traveling it does get really tedious and exhausting.

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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.…

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You feel like half of your life is a vacation when you go to these Barcelona music festivals and have all day to sound…

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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…

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The great thing is that when you hire string players you always get really great players. I don't know why that is.

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Everyone in Seattle is a total pussy when it comes to snow. The whole city shut down, the place looked like an apocalyptic movie.

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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…

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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…

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I used to put the vocals on top and piece it together. Now I start with the vocals and the string parts I write;…

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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.

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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…

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You look back and see pictures of yourself, or hear an old song, and you know where that came from or why you were…

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