Song Quotes by St. Vincent

Guitar is just something I can do. So much of it now is muscle memory, just instinct.

— St. Vincent

Life can be challenging and sad... but music is the easy part.

— St. Vincent

I just love playing guitar, so that's what I'm going to do.

— St. Vincent

I only listen to my own music when I'm playing an hour-and-half set each night. I don't put it on recreationally.

— St. Vincent

I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians.

— St. Vincent

I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a…

— St. Vincent

I wrote 'Actor' all on the computer. I didn't touch any instruments until I was in the studio. So while I had…

— St. Vincent

My dad used to love Steely Dan, the Stones, Jethro Tull and all that. There was always Steely Dan going in my…

— St. Vincent

And if I'm honest about it, I was obsessed with Nirvana and Pearl Jam. This is like '92, right in the throes…

— St. Vincent

I guess trying to throw my body into the guitar is so natural for me that I don't even know how to…

— St. Vincent

I started playing guitar when I was 12 and probably from that age knew that I wanted to make music and make…

— St. Vincent

A song has a life of its own. It's an autonomous thing, separate from your own experience, almost. And the mere repetition…

— St. Vincent