I think human beings have a really broad spectrum of traits, and I almost feel implicated when we say, 'Men are like this, women are like this.' Nobody was telling me, 'Don't get dirty, don't play in the mud, girls don't do that.'
From St. Vincent
I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians.
Guitar is just something I can do. So much of it now is muscle memory, just instinct.
I grew up in Texas and we used to go to Padre Island, eight hours in the car down to the beach.
I only listen to my own music when I'm playing an hour-and-half set each night. I don't put it on recreationally.
All you can do is make something that you like and feel proud of and then just hope for the best and try to get out of its way.
Well, I've been recording myself on a computer since I was about 13 or 14. So it's completely entwined with my creative process. Essentially, it allows you to make music that's better and smarter than you are, by using your ears to lead the way.
I remember looking at the sky and thinking that the universe is so big and it's all chaos. I call it 'the dark fear.' At any moment, the dark fear could come in.
I grew up around a lot of various religions, so it's a part of my consciousness in a way. Everything from heavy Catholicism to followers of Indian spiritual masters to Unitarian universalists - all in one family. Though the family aspect was stronger than any particular dogma.
I guess trying to throw my body into the guitar is so natural for me that I don't even know how to explain it. I can't imagine life without it.
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