I was 13 years old at music school talking to my teacher. I can't quite remember what it was I was trying to describe, but I do remember my music teacher saying to me, 'Do you have synesthesia?' In hindsight,… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
I don't want to say I hate remixes, because I don't, but I hate what instantly comes to mind now when people say 'remixes.' — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
I know a lot of people feel like they get eaten alive by New York, but I feel it more as a father figure… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
If I like something, I then have to study every single aspect of it to find out if there's more things that I would… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
A lot of my friends were gay, so I was spat on on the bus daily, and I ended up in hospital a couple… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
I've been kind of listening to the composer Britten and his rendition of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The opening track is a choral section… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
The issue I had with the Lightspeed albums was that usually the main purpose with them was to fulfil really dorky musical goals, like,… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
'Chamalkay' is an old Guyanese slang word. It means a 'young mischievous girl.' It's not derogatory, but it isn't over complimentary, either. It was… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
I'm always weary of connotations. I don't want people to listen to the music I make presently because they liked my previous work, or… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
I see no kind of reason to not just try everything. I mean, I feel like we all have such varied tastes, and to… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
Everything I do, I build a kind of confidence net - 'I'm able to execute this; it's fine.' — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
Cello is my first instrument, then piano, drums, bass, violin, recorder, saxophone, but I'd never play them live! — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
It's funny because I think, as a general rule, that people seem to think that if you do lots of different things over the… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
