Our music may sound big emotionally, but that’s more to do with the playing, the level of musicianship and the full-on energy. Often, the lyrics are often quite small and focused. Win Butler Read Quote
I had a somewhat religious upbringing. Not strict, but it was there, and I’m kind of thankful for that. If you grow up just watching MTV, that’s its own form of religion, and it’s not even based on happiness or communal responsibility. I mean, try to construct a worldview out of that. Win Butler Read Quote
I’m not practising, I don’t go to church, but what I got from it was a sense of belonging to something bigger. What I really miss is being forced to be in a community with people that aren’t the same as you. Then, you really have to work through the ways that you’re different. Win Butler Read Quote
I found out a lot of stuff through MTV, and I didn’t even have cable, I just saw it at friends’ houses. But my culture in junior high was totally influenced by it. Win Butler Read Quote
I never really felt super-Texan. It wasn’t like I was unhappy, but I wasn’t superhappy. Win Butler Read Quote
The idea of peer critique, of talking about each other’s art – I just found it so useless. Win Butler Read Quote
The film ‘Black Orpheus’ is one of my favorite films of all time, which is set in Carnival in Brazil. Win Butler Read Quote
When I was living in Boston, I worked in this store that played the college radio station. I had to listen to it all day, and I didn’t care for most of it. Win Butler Read Quote
