111 Quotes by Lou Barlow

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    I really don't have a method. I gravitate towards the organic/acoustic, but I still often complete songs musically before attempting to find the lyric.

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    One thing about when I came back into Dinosaur that was really cool was that pretty much anybody that J. was working with who had a long-term relationship with J. were people I really liked and that I actually may have already known.

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    Music doesn't always bring me to tears; if I hear 'Love' by John Lennon at a vulnerable moment, it will bring me to tears.

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    Some people play steel string beautifully, but I'm not exactly a world-class picker.

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    Just from the beginning, I really liked playing around with tape recorders. And then, when I got into punk rock, I only really liked - the rawer it was, the more I was into it.

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    I'm realizing I need to be in close proximity to everyone I'm working with because that - I don't know - it keeps me engaged.

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    Harmony Korine, the screenwriter, was really into my early work. I did a lot of stuff under the name Sentridoh and a lot of 4-track cassette stuff that he was into.

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    The Music Machine is my favorite rock band ever.

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