89 Quotes by Julia Holter

I try to ignore people's opinions about my music - you don't want to hold yourself back because of that stuff.

I'm happy that I worked alone on 'Tragedy,' but it's obvious that I was trying to create something much bigger than I could do on my own.

I was pretty scared of the idea as a younger person of being a musician on the road. It didn't occur to me as a possibility.

I usually work in a room which is totally cluttered with my mess, and there's stuff everywhere, and it's kind of chaotic because I am a very messy person. I could totally write in a pristine environment, but it would mean I would have to be at someone else's house.

'Maxim's' was supposed to be on 'Ekstasis,' but it was very much in its own world.

I often find that I like the vibe of not having technology around me.

If I'm kind of sad or depressed, it doesn't necessarily help me to write a song about exactly what I'm depressed about.

When I was a kid, I had a xylophone, and I thought that was the instrument I wanted to play. I didn't realize it was a toy.

I really write at home on my own, and the demos themselves are very similar to the final recordings in a lots of ways.