89 Quotes by Julia Holter

I take music very seriously, but it's important to me that my music is - I don't know if 'intuitive' is the word, but there's a really important element of something kind of mysterious. It's not academic or esoteric.

The meaning of the words in my songs are very important to me. But what's most important to me is that the music works.

I do develop characters for songs, and I think of everything as storytelling, in a way. But I don't plan out what they're going to sound like. I just sing over what I've done.

David Bowie - I definitely knew some of his music as a teenager, but I didn't actually listen to his music as much until I was in my 20s.

I try to not think too much about how people are receiving my music. And I'm not really famous enough that it's a problem.

Musical themes developing is a lot of what classical music is based on, and exposition and recapitulation - these kinds of things I find oppressive.

I don't think I'll ever become a pop star.

I started classical piano when I was eight, but I wasn't a virtuoso. I just really liked it.

One of the struggles that I have with classical music is the way one thinks about a recapitulation. There's always this idea of themes, and I have trouble with that.