Bjork has this kind of abstraction and formalism that you associate with art music or avant-garde music. David Longstreth Read Quote
When I first heard Bjork’s music, I felt like I was a similar-minded thinker, both harmonically and melodically. She takes those things that you naturally assume to be opposite because they’re presented that way most of the time, and the way she twines them together is so beautiful. To be able to do that is so powerful. David Longstreth Read Quote
Steely Dan is a band I’m not that into. Well, I guess I like certain singles. David Longstreth Read Quote
A lot of the music I was inspired by growing up – college rock, DIY, what they used to call indie rock – has a value system where truth-telling and authenticity are oppositional with mass media, showbiz, and commerce. David Longstreth Read Quote
The thing that transforms something from being an idea to being a physical reality is work. David Longstreth Read Quote
When I would go over to friends’ houses, and they would be zoning out to Mario Brothers, I just found it the most distasteful thing. David Longstreth Read Quote
When you make a melody that doesn’t come with words from the get-go, sometimes you’re just thinking about random vowel sounds that go with it – and it’s really, really hard to write lyrics that actually obey the vowel sounds. David Longstreth Read Quote
Being in a band can be really toxic to being in a relationship, considering all the touring and everything. Sometimes when you’re on tour, it feels like you’re living the same day over and over again. David Longstreth Read Quote
When it comes to music, I am a dictator. Making a Dirty Projectors record come to life is like making a movie; I’m the one that makes the picture, and then we all figure out how to realise it. David Longstreth Read Quote
I never really thought of music as a particularly social thing. I experienced music through recordings as opposed to concerts. It just makes you think about the way things are put together, the way things are written as opposed to the showbusiness of something onstage, so no regrets there. David Longstreth Read Quote
