--- title: "23 Paul Banks Quotes" description: "Paul Banks has 23 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-paul-banks-25147.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-paul-banks-25147.jpg) # Paul Banks **23** quotes in **170** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Paul Banks > [Everyone is broken-hearted except for the drastically unimaginative](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/everyone-is-broken-hearted-except-for-the-drastically-unimaginative/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Broken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/broken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b9/paul-banks-25147_broken_everyone-is-broken-hearted-except-for-th_904565.jpg) > [Jeffrey Lewis sings as though absurdity were truth, and truth absurdity. And I think I agree with him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/jeffrey-lewis-sings-as-though-absurdity-were-truth-and-truth/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Absurdity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurdity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/paul-banks-25147_absurdity_jeffrey-lewis-sings-as-though-absurdity_3026378.jpg) > [If time is my vessel, then learning to love might be my way back to sea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/if-time-is-my-vessel-then-learning-to-love-might-be-my-way-back-to-sea/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Ifs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/paul-banks-25147_ifs_if-time-is-my-vessel-then-learning-to-lo_673006.jpg) > [I never wanted to start a band to sound like Nirvana.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/i-never-wanted-to-start-a-band-to-sound-like-nirvana/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Band](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/band/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/329/paul-banks-25147_band_i-never-wanted-to-start-a-band-to-sound_1880243.jpg) > [“You were like a cloud, you were just like a flower, then you were a lime, now our love is sour.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/you-were-like-a-cloud-you-were-just-like-a-flower-then-you-were-a/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/paul-banks-25147_love_you-were-like-a-cloud-you-were-just-like_391253.jpg) > [That's for non-musicians to say: "I only listen to this or that type of music." I think musicians love all music, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/that-s-for-non-musicians-to-say-i-only-listen-to-this-or-that-type-of/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Cases](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cases/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e1/paul-banks-25147_cases_that-s-for-non-musicians-to-say-i-only-l_905593.jpg) > [I got the chess bug when I was finishing high school, we were doing chess tournaments at my house. I never got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/i-got-the-chess-bug-when-i-was-finishing-high-school-we-were-doing/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Bugs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bugs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/402/paul-banks-25147_bugs_i-got-the-chess-bug-when-i-was-finishing_2146384.jpg) > [Sometimes you learn about the personality of your favorite artist, and you like their art a little less, because it doesn't jibe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/sometimes-you-learn-about-the-personality-of-your-favorite-artist-and/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/paul-banks-25147_art_sometimes-you-learn-about-the-personalit_1461680.jpg) > [I perceive everything to be constantly subjective and strange. My version of truth in what I express, it feels like that opaque…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/i-perceive-everything-to-be-constantly-subjective-and-strange-my/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Feels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/paul-banks-25147_feels_i-perceive-everything-to-be-constantly-s_860437.jpg) > [My influences are vast and varied. I was into classic rock at the same time that I was into hip-hop. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/my-influences-are-vast-and-varied-i-was-into-classic-rock-at-the-same/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Classic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/classic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb8/paul-banks-25147_classic_my-influences-are-vast-and-varied-i-was_421767.jpg) > [The idea of starting a band because of Nirvana and thereby trying to sound like Nirvana is totally not the case.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/the-idea-of-starting-a-band-because-of-nirvana-and-thereby-trying-to/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Band](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/band/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ef/paul-banks-25147_band_the-idea-of-starting-a-band-because-of-n_334927.jpg) > [In an artistic and spiritual sense I'm really not that concerned about what happens after the album is done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/in-an-artistic-and-spiritual-sense-i-m-really-not-that-concerned/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Album](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/album/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/693/paul-banks-25147_albums_in-an-artistic-and-spiritual-sense-i-m-r_859852.jpg) > [You can't just imitate and keep coming up with ideas. You have to be tapping into something that's pure and unconscious in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/you-can-t-just-imitate-and-keep-coming-up-with-ideas-you-have-to-be/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Careers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/careers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fba/paul-banks-25147_careers_you-can-t-just-imitate-and-keep-coming-u_2797749.jpg) > [I don't really get a lot of clarity in my everyday life and my interactions with people. Most things that happen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/i-don-t-really-get-a-lot-of-clarity-in-my-everyday-life-and-my/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Clarity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clarity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30f/paul-banks-25147_clarity_i-don-t-really-get-a-lot-of-clarity-in-m_1085776.jpg) > [ I would have issues with directions songs were taking, but I never heard one of Carlos' \[Dangler\] basslines and said, "I don't… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/i-would-have-issues-with-directions-songs-were-taking-but-i-never/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/paul-banks-25147_able_i-would-have-issues-with-directions-song_2531997.jpg) > [If you're an artist, you do what you do, and in a way, you don't even control the core essence of what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/if-you-re-an-artist-you-do-what-you-do-and-in-a-way-you-don-t-even/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/paul-banks-25147_art_if-you-re-an-artist-you-do-what-you-do-a_657871.jpg) > [I didn't come in and say: "I'm a singer." I came into the band as a second guitar player and a vocalist,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/i-didn-t-come-in-and-say-i-m-a-singer-i-came-into-the-band-as-a/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Band](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/band/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db1/paul-banks-25147_band_i-didn-t-come-in-and-say-i-m-a-singer-i_1137330.jpg) > [When I say I had a cosmic confidence that we were capable of writing good music, I'm speaking about that time when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/when-i-say-i-had-a-cosmic-confidence-that-we-were-capable-of-writing/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Belittle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belittle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/paul-banks-25147_belittle_when-i-say-i-had-a-cosmic-confidence-tha_1543834.jpg) > [If you're playing a one-minute game, I could squeeze in five to six games before anybody walked by my cubicle. So I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/if-you-re-playing-a-one-minute-game-i-could-squeeze-in-five-to-six/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Blitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/paul-banks-25147_blitz_if-you-re-playing-a-one-minute-game-i-co_2646412.jpg) > [...It's an unmeetable level of writing. But even if it's something I feel like I can't ever attain, it doesn't crush my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/it-s-an-unmeetable-level-of-writing-but-even-if-it-s-something-i-feel/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Crush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/paul-banks-25147_crush_it-s-an-unmeetable-level-of-writing-but_12525.jpg) > [It's not like changing one word with my lyrics is going to make them more intelligible or relatable. I was always very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/it-s-not-like-changing-one-word-with-my-lyrics-is-going-to-make-them/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Cheeks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheeks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f6/paul-banks-25147_cheeks_it-s-not-like-changing-one-word-with-my_265933.jpg) > [Basically, every band that makes it has some dude with some sense of business. I don't know if our band would've been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/basically-every-band-that-makes-it-has-some-dude-with-some-sense-of/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Band](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/band/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f5/paul-banks-25147_band_basically-every-band-that-makes-it-has-s_2052917.jpg) > [I had this perverse gravitation towards using a terrible cliché sandwiched in between absurd non-clichés because I thought it gave the cliché…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/i-had-this-perverse-gravitation-towards-using-a-terrible-clich/) [Paul Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/) [Absurd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absurd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/paul-banks-25147_absurd_i-had-this-perverse-gravitation-towards_2490510.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-banks/#itemlist", "name": "Paul Banks Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everyone is broken-hearted except for the drastically unimaginative", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Banks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/everyone-is-broken-hearted-except-for-the-drastically-unimaginative/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b9/paul-banks-25147_broken_everyone-is-broken-hearted-except-for-th_904565.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b9/paul-banks-25147_broken_everyone-is-broken-hearted-except-for-th_904565.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b9/paul-banks-25147_broken_everyone-is-broken-hearted-except-for-th_904565.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Everyone is broken-hearted except for the drastically unimaginative” — Paul Banks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Jeffrey Lewis sings as though absurdity were truth, and truth absurdity. 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My version of truth in what I express, it feels like that opaque quality that you're talking about. It's just me being legitimate.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Banks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-banks/i-perceive-everything-to-be-constantly-subjective-and-strange-my/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/paul-banks-25147_feels_i-perceive-everything-to-be-constantly-s_860437.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/paul-banks-25147_feels_i-perceive-everything-to-be-constantly-s_860437.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/997/paul-banks-25147_feels_i-perceive-everything-to-be-constantly-s_860437.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I perceive everything to be constantly subjective and strange. 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