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" I love polished pop music, but stuff like Neil Young's Crazy Horse vibe or Waylon Jennings, that stuff is raw and real. "
Kurt Vile
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" The real reason I was lo-fi before was really just because that's what I could afford. "
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" I'm just used to the L.A. music life. "
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" When I first got the record deal, I thought it felt like I won the lottery. But I always worked hard at it. "
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" I proved myself with 'Smoke Ring.' It was me maturing. I made a good pop record. "
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" Humor is important. Nothing against bands that are always a downer, but the reality is - it just becomes theater. "
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" I do a lot of things, and I'll get excited about them - maybe it'll be a song in a movie - and then it comes out, and you're like, 'Aww, that was cool, but it wasn't quite as big a deal as I thought it would be.' "
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" Critics always get the lyrics wrong in reviews, which is amusing - especially when they use them against you. "
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" I've got an amazing family. My wife is really smart. She's guided me the whole way. With children, you see them grow up, so it's like you're forever young. They are totally innocent and so unjaded. Watching them grow up makes you go through it again yourself. "
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" I just try to make as much money as possible. However I can do it. With as much integrity as I can have. "
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" I benefit from a change of scenery; it's always inspiring. "
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" 'Smoke Ring' was a downer, then 'Wakin' was an upturn. "
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" I like to laugh at dark things. "
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" My music has to be funny and sad and happy and loving; it's gotta have it all. When somebody's just too dark all the time, it's just drama. Or if somebody's too funny? Well, I like being too funny sometimes. "
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" Anybody that's from somewhere that's made it in music outside of New York or L.A., if it's a unique enough place, they'll always say, 'Dude's from Minnesota!' Or wherever, you know? So that's how I got the Philly connection. "
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" If I had known I'd be on Matador back then in my childhood, it would have blown my mind. "
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" I've gotten a lot more paranoid in my older age. "
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" Cigarettes are the worst thing in the world for you. "
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" There comes a time when you've toured a ton, and a time to be inspired again. Listen to awesome jazz records that are mellow with no words, and just sit there and read a book, or space out on your couch. And eventually, all that inspiration comes. "
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" When I leave a recording session, there is usually a lot of paranoia or superstition on my part, like I'm afraid to hear what we've done. "
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" On one level, we're on Matador, but our amps still might explode on stage, or they'll be an echo in the mic. It's like climbing a ladder. I like to climb it really slowly. I could probably get really professional right away, but I like to take baby steps and find my own way. "
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" I'd say the best thing the Violators and I have done is to dominate the U.S. with an arsenal of smash hits. "
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" My family was always playing music; I always enjoyed it. My cousin, who is a little older than me, he started playing music, so I wanted to, also. I asked my dad for a guitar, and he got me a banjo, so that was my introduction to playing. I played it like a guitar. I had a few lessons, learned out a few chords, and figured it out right away. "
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" Even when I haven't played in a while, I can sit down and start with a chord, and just drop into it. It's like this tunnel I go into. The zone is where I want to live. "
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" My favorite kind of song is the most beautiful song that you love so much and it's so good it makes you want to cry a little bit. Any jam can sound like that on a certain day. "
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" I get to come home to my family. It's awesome, just constant adventure, never a dull moment. So much life. "
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" I don't have anything to get off my chest. I'm not itching to prove myself anymore. "
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" I go through ups and downs in the psyche all the time, and then once you start moving again, it's amazing how you can always bounce back. You get, like, in a low rut, and you think, 'This is it; my life is a train wreck.' And then you bounce back again. "
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" I like the idea of having money. "
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