100 Quotes by Rostam Batmanglij

When my mom was pregnant with me, my parents moved from France to America.

I want to live in a world that is less white supremacist, straight supremacist, male supremacist.

I never identified with 'indie,' I don't like that word.

I admire Brian Eno so much in how he seems to push the idea of less being more - his touch is to crack open a window and let the light in.

Even though I've been making electronic music since I was 14, it's hard for people to see you as a producer with a musical identity when you're contextualized in a band that performs on a stage.

In some ways, the more that I write songs, the more I feel that telling a story is the most important thing; just being able to close your eyes when you hear some lyrics and go somewhere.

I think as a producer, you're always sort of questioning if what you're contributing is something that an artist loves and elevates a song.

I think that's kind of the perfect mix, where you do something that you're not sure about, you feel like you're taking a risk, and then you turn around and look at the artists that you're collaborating with and you can read the expression on their face if they like it or they hate it.

There are songs out there in the world which, in some ways, seem so unmusical.