Kevin Parker

Tame Impala is kind of psych-pop.

— Kevin Parker

I write songs every day, but only a few of them get finished.

— Kevin Parker

I'll write songs wherever I am.

— Kevin Parker

In high school, I was an absolute derelict.

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I'm always working on new music.

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I always manage to keep myself busy.

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'Lonerism' is such an insular, detached album.

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I'm actually in love with all of Scandinavia.

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I love to be able to put my hands on a keyboard, to have a guitar and a bass within reach, as…

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Nothing matches the sheer euphoria of discovering a new melody or a new batch of chords that just come out of nowhere.

— Kevin Parker

Surely there's a deeper pursuit to music than getting bros to pump their fists in the air.

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In the end, I'm lucky enough to travel the world and make albums and not have to worry about not having a…

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My mum was quite poor, and my dad was rich. She didn't dig that, so she left him.

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The way I do it is there's never recording 'sessions.' One finishes, the next one starts. It's just continuous.

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It's kind of always been a secret fantasy of mine, the idea of writing a song and then not having to be…

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I've always liked pop music. I love what it does to my brain, and I've shut it out for a long time.

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I've always had these morals I've sort of put on myself: that excess is bad. I used to be into Buddhism and…

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Michael Jackson's one of my favorite artists of my whole life. In fact, I think he is my favorite. It's one of…

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The inspiration to write a song comes to me when something has happened to me more than once. If it's happened to…

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I wanted to make something that, from the sound of it, could be down at the club. I just realised that I'd…

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I don't like the idea that I'm a one-trick pony, even if I am! No matter what else I do, I have…

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I grew up in the grunge era. I've always resisted the idea of being part of a machine, wanting just to be…

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Trying new things and experimenting is something I push myself to do. It's one thing to have love for all different kinds…

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I've always made music on my own, but I didn't think there was a platform for that, so I thought I had…

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One of the first albums I can remember hearing was a Supertramp best of, with mostly 'Breakfast in America' songs on it.…

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My brain has a weird way of turning pressure into other things. I make a point to myself of shrugging it off…

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At different times in life, I've felt like it's time to say goodbye from some form of myself that's been hanging around…

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If someone says, 'Hey man, I love your album, it really got me through a breakup, but I downloaded it for free,'…

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My brother Steve, who was a few years older than me, had 'Bad' on tape, and I remember listening to 'Smooth Criminal'…

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I've always loved listening to music on my own, but there's another side of me that is just fascinated by... like Goa…

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Bands can become absolutely huge and actually be pretty terrible musicians, and bands can be the most amazing songwriters and musicians in…

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I love the Beatles, but I don't listen to them at all regularly. Most of my friends are bigger Beatles fans than…

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I like a messy hotel room. It's a little slice of home.

— Kevin Parker

To me, rock and roll is like an ethos or a state of mind.

— Kevin Parker

For me, the value of music is the value you extract from it.

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I don't think you can reach the same highs working in a band as you can on your own.

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I write songs every day, but I don't necessarily get to record them.

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When I was 14 or 15, I was dead-set on becoming a rock star - the same as anybody who picks up…

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What do you call that when you add '-ism' on the end of a word? What is that process? 'Wordism'? Something like…

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It's a lot harder to reach people's hearts than it is to reach people's brains.

— Kevin Parker