I used to put the vocals on top and piece it together. Now I start with the vocals and the string parts I write; the drums are kind of an afterthought. And who knows, maybe that will get boring, but… — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
The funny thing is that the studio that we recorded in was the same studio that Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole used to warm up their voices in before they went across the street to CBS… — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
I write songs now I look at my strengths and I start there. In The Walkmen, we'd start with the live stuff. — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
I was writing music when we finished the last Walkmen record, Heaven, and a few of these songs may have even been started before… — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
I really don't feel as connected to Heaven as I do to the ones where I was there from start to finish. And on… — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
When you spend your whole life traveling it does get really tedious and exhausting. — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
When we got to the step when we'd normally start collaborating, we started having these talks about how it was not worth getting together.… — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
You feel like half of your life is a vacation when you go to these Barcelona music festivals and have all day to sound… — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
You're always trying to find new stuff and new inspiration. If you don't really push and you don't try something that feels exciting, then… — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
The great thing is that when you hire string players you always get really great players. I don't know why that is. — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
Everyone in Seattle is a total pussy when it comes to snow. The whole city shut down, the place looked like an apocalyptic movie. — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
When you're in your twenties you always think that 30 is a long ways off, and maybe you'll have things in line when you… — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
I was staying at my friend's house and he told me about the drug Prednisone. It took me 14 years to discover it. And… — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
I used to put the vocals on top and piece it together. Now I start with the vocals and the string parts I write;… — Hamilton Leithauser Copy Share Image
