132 Quotes by Devendra Banhart

I cannot wait for all the mistakes we have yet to make.

People want to be successful, and they want to be acknowledged for what they do. Sometimes they make really great art and aren’t. Historically, the best artists weren’t. But their work survived.

I didn’t want to make a record that was just guitar and voice, that was just the technology available to me. At the time, I remember thinking, “I am making a Faust album.” That didn’t translate.

There are so many bad songs that have incredible videos. It’s pretty amazing, actually. The power of putting images to music is hypnotizing. It’s a real power. That’s a realm that I’ve failed at completely.

There are plenty of things in vaults that didn’t sell in its time. So much stuff. But slowly these companies start to get a hint that these things have some value.

I do think that music videos have a huge impact on the way you listen to music.

There is something to mystery. You make up this entire world that you fit into because of what the actual music does to you.

I get to swim in the ocean every single day, which is a very, very important thing to do to stay connected.

I always wanted to move to New York because of the Velvet Underground, because of the picture that they painted of New York City.