Venezuela is incredible, but Caracas? Oh God, I hate it. The sidewalks get smaller every time I go back. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
Whether I'm on a major or an indie, I don't think this is important, but at the same time I do. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
For a long time, soul music was maybe one of my favorite kinds of music. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
You have to collaborate with the moment and the environment. It kind of was magnified by the house being a studio. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
Well, love is a difficult thing to hold on to. It's a slippery little beast. It will hold you and then it… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I didn't want to make a record that was just guitar and voice, that was just the technology available to me. At… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
Grizzly Bear's 'Knife' is one of the best videos of all time - everything Encyclopedia Pictura has done is really incredible. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
In the past, I had this open-door policy where everyone was invited. And that was awesome, but you end up releasing songs… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
And because my teeth don't bite, I can take them out dancing I can take my little teeth out and show them… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
Now everybody knows about this thing that's my secret. It was my thing, the music I turned to when I was alone… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I hate having my photograph taken and I try to keep that in mind when I'm photographing other people. But the best… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I don't even know what a hippy is. I mean, hippy is an evolution of the Sixties movement. A time when people… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
As an adolescent I saw the Specials at the Glass House in Pomona, and that was life changing. I dressed the part… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I can't tell you how many times I've had a friend tell me, in this tender and discreet voice, 'It's just you… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
There are plenty of things in vaults that didn't sell in its time. So much stuff. But slowly these companies start to… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I was born with a beard. We're quite hairy down in Latin America. We don't have to use sponges when we wash dishes. We… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
People love to take sides, but it's not effective. It's not really an effective way of communicating something, because you're either already part of… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I think five percent of all songs can be love songs, and another five percent can be miscellaneous or political, but the rest should… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
Growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, the ubiquitous music is salsa, cumbia, merengue, a little bit of samba. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I've always said that musicians are the comics of my generations and comedians are the politicians of my generation. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to write a song that goes, "I love you" and a book that goes, "Something happened." Something very direct. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
We live in an age where many things are working hard to conk us out and anesthetize us. Anything we can do to shake… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
When the Internet came along, the first thing I did was look up Wu-Tang so I could print out their symbol and glue it… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
And because my teeth don't bite, I can take them out dancing I can take my little teeth out and show them a real… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
I've always noticed talking about lyrics is like talking about a duality. It's like a Gemini time every time I talk about one line.… — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
My number-one hero in terms of interdisciplinary art is Laurie Anderson, but I've always admired anyone who can think way beyond any one medium. — Devendra Banhart Copy Share Image
