Yeah, I'd always wanted to do a song with finger-picked, nylon-string guitar. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I had no problem working for 15 hours straight when I was producing someone else, but I couldn't do it with my… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
Throughout college I was getting better and better at making recordings, producing songs, making different kinds of beats. I was starting to… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I wanted to make an album where every song is kind of interacting - where you can't tell what's the string arrangement… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I think as a producer, you're always sort of questioning if what you're contributing is something that an artist loves and elevates… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I feel connected to every song on this record [ 'Modern Vampires Of The City' ], but yeah I think there's something… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
In some ways, the more that I write songs, the more I feel that telling a story is the most important thing;… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
As far as the lyrics go, I think I was negotiating a moment in my life where I didn't feel happy. I… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I like the idea that a song can be about a romantic relationship, but it can also about a relationship to your… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
As a person who doesn't identify as straight, any love song I write is contextualized by a queer identity. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
There are songs out there in the world which, in some ways, seem so unmusical. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I think that's the only way I know how to write songs, is to think about my life, and also to think… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I like the idea that a song can be something that you can lean on, both for the songwriter and for the… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I guess I have some kind of a visceral connection with drums. I'm looking to create music that people can react to… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
Whatever you are making, whether it's a song, an album, a painting, a film, you're connecting with a tradition, and I do… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I'll probably continue writing songs about New York until I die. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
There's a joy I get from collaborating with other artists, and there's a joy I get from making songs on my own. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I like the idea that a song can be about a romantic relationship, but it can also about a relationship to your… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I can't even begin to express the joy I get from writing songs, both on my own and with others, I hold… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
On the song 'Step,' the chorus is Ezra is singing into my laptop with the laptop microphone, and you can hear the… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
'Unbelievers' was a song that we felt like we could tackle, so that's one of the reasons we wanted to start playing… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I am a very big fan of Brian Eno, of his work as an artist and making his music, and as a producer. In… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I tend to use different microphones, different mic techniques, and different recording mediums - like analogue tape - that evoke multiple eras of recorded… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I think the music that speaks to me the most is music that is personal. And that's the music that I'm trying to make. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I've always been very good at helping other people finish their songs. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
The most exciting songs to me are the unlikely hits, when you think, 'I love this, but why is it on the radio?' — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
Even though I've been making electronic music since I was 14, it's hard for people to see you as a producer with a musical… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
It's always my mission to try to do something that hasn't been done before, whether that's musically, lyrically or in terms of mixing. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
There's a line in the Arthur Russell documentary where his partner talks about how Arthur is really interested in process. He never felt like… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
The first Vampire Weekend record was the first full-length album that I produced. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
Classical music can be catchy, so can African instrumental guitar music. It's not just pop songs that are catchy. Rhythms can be catchy, too. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
Because of who I am, and how open I am, there's something inherently political about just writing love songs. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I've always had a complex relationship towards my identity as an American. — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
