Art Quote by Devendra Banhart

“I've got a long list of things I consider to be selling out. But amongst that list, one of them is when you make art without putting your guard down.” quote by Devendra Banhart — Download Open image

“I've got a long list of things I consider to be selling out. But amongst that list, one of them is when you make art without putting your guard down.”

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Growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, the ubiquitous music is salsa, cumbia, merengue, a little bit of samba.

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I've always said that musicians are the comics of my generations and comedians are the politicians of my generation.

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I've always wanted to write a song that goes, "I love you" and a book that goes, "Something happened." Something very direct.

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R. Kelly is my favorite singer.

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When the Internet came along, the first thing I did was look up Wu-Tang so I could print out their symbol and glue it onto my skateboard.

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My number-one hero in terms of interdisciplinary art is Laurie Anderson, but I've always admired anyone who can think way beyond any one medium.

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