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“What's interesting about Vampire Weekend, everyone in the band, except for me, had a band in high school in which they were the lead singers. And I'm the one who never had that experience.”

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I've always been very good at helping other people finish their songs.

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The first Vampire Weekend record was the first full-length album that I produced.

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Classical music can be catchy, so can African instrumental guitar music. It's not just pop songs that are catchy. Rhythms can be catchy, too.

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