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
Obviously it always takes longer to finish an album than you think it will. That's always going to be the case. Everything… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
When I moved to New York, I remember thinking, 'I'm never going to live anywhere else.' — 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
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 think summer, at least as I've experienced it, can be joyous but it can also be tough emotionally. Physically, it can… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I love working with Angel Deradoorian, she's a joy to work with. She's fab at singing and she has a real... she… — 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
There is a sense of tranquility that I think people can get from being in an organized group, where a singular leader… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I did take guitar lessons as a teenager, though, and I started to teach myself how to play everything I could play… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
My parents left Iran in 1979 and moved to France and then moved to the U.S. My brother was born in France… — 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
