76 Quotes by Adam Granduciel

I don't know what the sound is or the song is until I've spent a lot of time on it. I'm always chipping away at it, rethinking it.

I started guitar when I was like thirteen. I had a friend whose dad had an electric guitar. In sixth grade or seventh grade I went over and played it and immediately I was super excited by the whole thing.

I work off of my early demos. I'll keep adding on top of that, but I usually gravitate towards whatever that original idea was.

I learned Neil Young songs, Bob Dylan songs and older songs. It wasn't until I moved to Philly that I had aspirations to maybe forming a band.

My siblings weren't playing music; I was the only one who wanted to buy a guitar and was listening on headphones the whole time.

Not everyone who writes about you is going to be a fan of your music.

With 'Slave Ambient', I was writing things on top of loops. Now I really get the structure of the song down, but I leave room for improvisation in the studio.

No I don't play bluegrass harmonica or anything like that. I don't listen to country or bluegrass records.

All day long you write little ideas on the piano and the guitar, but sometimes all you have to do is come in, set up the mic, press record and start the process.