89 Quotes by Julia Holter

Putting my audience to sleep isn't what I'm going for.

In L.A., you can play forever, and no one around the world will hear you.

I started writing music as a composer in school, in the classical tradition.

To me, the process of art is very much a process of translation, of borrowing.

I started playing piano when I was eight, and I went on to study piano in school, so I have a background in classical piano and studied composition in school. Writing music came later.

I really love working with Ramona from Nite Jewel. We've kind of grown up together.

I think what's interesting in L.A. is that there's a lot of variety because L.A. is very spread out. I think there is a lot I don't know about, to be completely honest. It's a very mysterious town.

If you've ever seen paparazzi go after a celebrity, it's really freaky.

I prefer to work with mystery, but that doesn't work well in an academic environment. They want you to analyze what you're doing, which is toxic to the creative process for people like me.