Julia Holter

I say most of my music is very trial-and-error.

— Julia Holter

If I feel like I'm myself, then I'm very uncomfortable.

— Julia Holter

No one recognises me on the street, ever.

— Julia Holter

All I ever know is what I want to do next.

— Julia Holter

Putting my audience to sleep isn't what I'm going for.

— Julia Holter

I see myself as a songwriter and a poet.

— Julia Holter

I like talking about my music.

— Julia Holter

I love '80s beats; everyone does.

— Julia Holter

I started writing music as a composer in school, in the classical tradition.

— Julia Holter

I try to ignore people's opinions about my music - you don't want to hold yourself back because of that stuff.

— Julia Holter

The meaning of the words in my songs are very important to me. But what's most important to me is that the…

— Julia Holter

Amidst all the internal and external babble we experience daily, it's hard to find one's foundation.

— Julia Holter

I listen to the timbre of the music, and I fit my voice to blend with that timbre.

— Julia Holter

I often find that I like the vibe of not having technology around me.

— Julia Holter

I don't often meet with strangers and feel okay about collaborating with them.

— Julia Holter

You don't have to know about 'Hippolytus' to listen to 'Tragedy.'

— Julia Holter

It's hard for me to get shows in the U.S. It's that simple. I don't know what that means. I think it…

— Julia Holter

I like mantras and repeating things, like in pop music, where you repeat a line over and over again. It's just so…

— Julia Holter

One of the struggles that I have with classical music is the way one thinks about a recapitulation. There's always this idea…

— Julia Holter

I do have a big problem with the idea of music as a form of communication unless it's political - and that's…

— Julia Holter

Most records are usually not united by one specific story, but that seems to be something that I like and that I…

— Julia Holter

I am very interested in the human voice and how we use it, especially when we aren't thinking, like the kind of…

— Julia Holter

For me, the poetic decisions tend to be calculated, and the musical decisions inspired by the poetic decisions are free.

— Julia Holter

You can have an Internet presence, but it doesn't mean anyone has any idea who you are or what you look like.…

— Julia Holter

I usually work in a room which is totally cluttered with my mess, and there's stuff everywhere, and it's kind of chaotic…

— Julia Holter

One thing I do like about L.A. is the fact that you can be - whether you're famous or it's just a…

— Julia Holter

'Have You in My Wilderness,' the title track, is about the idea of possessing a person, or saying, 'You're mine; you're in…

— Julia Holter

'Betsy' is one of my favorites because it is the one to which I've imposed the least clear narrative. To me, it's…

— Julia Holter

Saying that something is accessible gives it this implication that people need something, and thinking that we know what people need or…

— Julia Holter

I don't think I'll ever become a pop star.

— Julia Holter

I've never felt at home anywhere.

— Julia Holter

I basically just write stream of consciousness to a certain extent. I let the song kind of go where it wants to…

— Julia Holter

I don't fit into a group very well socially. And that might be reflected in my music.

— Julia Holter

To me, the process of art is very much a process of translation, of borrowing.

— Julia Holter

I'm inspired by nonmusical things a lot, whether it's a film or a book or whatever.

— Julia Holter

I started classical piano when I was eight, but I wasn't a virtuoso. I just really liked it.

— Julia Holter

I grew up watching 'Gigi.' My grandmother had it, and I watched it there.

— Julia Holter

In L.A., you can play forever, and no one around the world will hear you.

— Julia Holter

I'm not an unhappy person - I'm just an anxious person. It runs in the family.

— Julia Holter

When you make music on your own for so long, you get used to just doing whatever you want.

— Julia Holter