One of the things I really like about West African guitar playing is the way it makes harmony linear. They’re really spelling things out and turning chords into melodies instead of just letting them be these hanging blocks of color. David Longstreth Read Quote
I made, like, five records as Dirty Projectors before I got out of college. And then I put a band together when I got interested in going on tour around that time. David Longstreth Read Quote
When the Swing Lo Magellan touring wound up, it felt like the end of something for me, and I needed a break from touring. But really, the co-writing and producing I did after this gave me a different perspective on this whole thing. To me, that was like being a different spoke on the wheel. David Longstreth Read Quote
I loved ‘Nothing Was the Same’ so much. For me, that was the first Drake record that I got into. David Longstreth Read Quote
I do think that one of the best effects the Internet has had on music is that it’s allowed these false walls between different music communities to vaporize. We can see that this is a big, complex, interconnected web. David Longstreth Read Quote
A song is about heartbreak – but what are the constituent feelings? What are the aspects? There is anger, there is guilt, there are all these different things. I guess putting those voices into dialogue together just felt real. David Longstreth Read Quote
