Song Quotes by Julia Holter

20 Song quotes by Julia Holter

Julia Holter’s 20 quotes on song drift between avant‑garde abstraction and intimate confession. Each snippet hints at her willingness to bend structure, giving readers a concise taste of her experimental ethos.

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I like talking about my music.

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I say most of my music is very trial-and-error.

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I started classical piano when I was eight, but I wasn't a virtuoso. I just really liked it.

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I basically just write stream of consciousness to a certain extent. I let the song kind of go where it wants to…

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A lot of my personal life feels very separate from my music.

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The meaning of the words in my songs are very important to me. But what's most important to me is that the…

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What was special about Leonard Cohen's work was its calm mystery.

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If I'm kind of sad or depressed, it doesn't necessarily help me to write a song about exactly what I'm depressed about.

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One thing that's really important to me in my music is mystery.

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'Tragedy' and 'Loud City Song' are both inspired by stories from the past.

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I do have a big problem with the idea of music as a form of communication unless it's political - and that's…

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When I was a kid, I had a xylophone, and I thought that was the instrument I wanted to play. I didn't…

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For me, the poetic decisions tend to be calculated, and the musical decisions inspired by the poetic decisions are free.

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Musical themes developing is a lot of what classical music is based on, and exposition and recapitulation - these kinds of things…

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I take music very seriously, but it's important to me that my music is - I don't know if 'intuitive' is the…

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I think my music is experimental, playful, challenging, focused, fun. I don't want it to be thought of as trying to appeal…

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I started playing piano when I was eight, and I went on to study piano in school, so I have a background…

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I just always make honest music. I just always kinda do what I wanna do.

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I played cello on my early recordings, but that doesn't mean I'm a cellist, you know?

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I don't like to talk too much about my music; I like people to just experience it and not worry what I…

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No one recognises me on the street, ever.

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I don't use the harpsichord because it evokes a past time period: I use it because I like the sound.

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I don't thrive in a school or academic environment, I found out. I thrive better in the world outside the small academy because I…

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I try to not think too much about how people are receiving my music. And I'm not really famous enough that it's a problem.

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If I feel like I'm myself, then I'm very uncomfortable.

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I see myself as a songwriter and a poet.

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