Kurt Vile

My family was always playing music; I always enjoyed it. My cousin, who is a little older than me, he started playing…

— Kurt Vile

I think 'She Drives Me Crazy' is hilarious and good.

— Kurt Vile

I really love that 'I Can Feel the Heart Beating as One' Yo La Tengo record a lot.

— Kurt Vile

John Prine in particular... just the chord changes combined with the words. He definitely can make you cry a little bit. Just…

— Kurt Vile

'Street Legal' is like a cult classic. It's pretty cheesy at times, but you learn to embrace it.

— Kurt Vile

Philly's busy enough. There are tons of record stores and record-head friends and plenty of D.I.Y. shows. It's a place where people…

— Kurt Vile

I do a lot of things, and I'll get excited about them - maybe it'll be a song in a movie -…

— Kurt Vile

Maybe I'm biased because I'm from there. It's close enough to New York but it's not swallowed up by New York's hustle…

— Kurt Vile

I've never gotten in too much trouble with alcohol. I've never had a drinking problem, really.

— Kurt Vile

I get to come home to my family. It's awesome, just constant adventure, never a dull moment. So much life.

— Kurt Vile

My cousin used to make fun of me for liking stuff like C+C Music Factory. I didn't have any tapes; I just…

— Kurt Vile

That Yo La Tengo record, 'Painful,' has got some real awesome, noisy, mellow heartbreakers.

— Kurt Vile

I really like Cold Cave.

— Kurt Vile

I always sort of liked Mesa/Boogies, but I wasn't sure if they were cool or not cool.

— Kurt Vile

I love polished pop music, but stuff like Neil Young's Crazy Horse vibe or Waylon Jennings, that stuff is raw and real.

— Kurt Vile

Anybody that's from somewhere that's made it in music outside of New York or L.A., if it's a unique enough place, they'll…

— Kurt Vile

There were a few verses that I wrote literally on the spot. But the concept was there. It's about being in your…

— Kurt Vile

I had a really fun time working with the HARRYS guys and their whole crew.

— Kurt Vile

My music has to be funny and sad and happy and loving; it's gotta have it all. When somebody's just too dark…

— Kurt Vile

I write a lot when I'm feeling bummed, but other times, you get locked in, and it's totally personal. If you're really…

— Kurt Vile

A lot of getting a song done is booking the studio time. I'm the kind of person who will set time aside…

— Kurt Vile

I've gotten a lot more paranoid in my older age.

— Kurt Vile

I'm obsessive when I get an idea in my head.

— Kurt Vile

I think that I identify with Philadelphia for a lot of reasons. Without even thinking about it, I called myself 'Philly's Constant…

— Kurt Vile

No offense to Boston, but I was glad to get out of there. I think it's just because I'm from Philly. Honestly,…

— Kurt Vile