Exciting Quote by Yannis Philippakis

“By the time you finish touring the record, everything that's exciting to me is what's ahead of me. I want to write the next paragraph.”

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I started growing roses. I enjoyed the craft of it and that they're difficult to look after; they can provide joy.

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I'm appalled by the tendency of some rock records to perfect everything to the point where it sounds like Botox and polish it so…

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When you're making an album with people who made your favorite records as a rebellious teenager, it feels like you've achieved something.

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I was definitely inspired by gospel music, or old-school R&B; I got into some Good God gospel compilations.

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If you can express something in the simplest way possible, I think there's something noble in that. It's easy to flesh stuff out and…

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I like simple writing. I'd rather read Hemingway than Burroughs.

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You can get into a comfort zone writing lyrics, like wearing a mask. But I wanted to feel uncomfortable when I was listening back…

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I never want to listen to the songs in front of people close to me. There's an emotional honesty in that place where it's…

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Music was my friend when I was a teenager, and I would inhabit and take comfort in lyrics. That's how I want to write.

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I'm definitely preoccupied by thinking I'm just a biological thing. I want to feel that there's more, but so often I'm reminded of how…

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I'm just worn down and weary of bands whose lyrics are cryptic and self-referential.

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I like the fervor of religious music, the zealous aspect - that preachers can go from a conversational cadence into this passionate singing.

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