100 Quotes by Kurt Vile

I've gotten a lot more paranoid in my older age.

Cigarettes are the worst thing in the world for you.

I'm just used to the L.A. music life.

I'm obsessive when I get an idea in my head.

I feel like my music is like - there are always new influences in there.

Finger-picking, in general, is a hypnotic thing. I feel like I'm more A.D.D. all the time, so the music has to be hypnotic.

The real reason I was lo-fi before was really just because that's what I could afford.

Humor is important. Nothing against bands that are always a downer, but the reality is - it just becomes theater.

It was just the next logical step from making succinct pop songs. What do you do after that? You make pop songs that are longer and more epic, that push the envelope. Imagine your favourite song, or something that you play over and over in the car, except that you don't have to start it over as much.