66 Quotes by Win Butler

I studied the Bible and philosophy in college, and I think in a certain sense that's the kind of stuff that still makes my brain work.

I think there's some pretty amazing language in the Bible.

My parents live near the ocean, and I've spent a lot of time walking through the water at night, being around the water.

The cliched rock life never seemed that cool to me.

My favorite English teacher in high school showed me 'Brazil' when I was 15, and it blew my mind. It's one of those movies that's revealed itself in different ways as I've gone back to it over the years.

I found out a lot of stuff through MTV, and I didn't even have cable, I just saw it at friends' houses. But my culture in junior high was totally influenced by it.

The music in Haiti is all tied up in voodoo and African rhythm, and so there's this funny thing: go to a voodoo ceremony, and then go to a Catholic church and tell me which music you liked better, to which one the music is more integral.

I don't like to talk about other bands in interviews.

I never really felt super-Texan. It wasn't like I was unhappy, but I wasn't superhappy.