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When I moved to New York, I remember thinking, 'I'm never going to live anywhere else.'

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moved , new , remember

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It's hard to make music that's sexy that's not cheesy.

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hard , make , music

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

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want , live , world

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As a person who doesn't identify as straight, any love song I write is contextualized by a queer identity.

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person , identify , any

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I guess my first instrument was the recorder when I was about five or six.

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guess , first , instrument

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I always want to be somewhat uncomfortable. But at the same time I want to make music that you react to viscerally.

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always , want , somewhat

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The first Vampire Weekend record was the first full-length album that I produced.

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first , vampire , weekend

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I'm very aware of what, say, electric guitar recordings in the '60s sounded like.

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very , aware , electric

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Yeah, I'd always wanted to do a song with finger-picked, nylon-string guitar.

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always , wanted , song

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I feel like I've had this ability to infiltrate, as an outsider and an insider, different groups.

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feel , like , had

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When I work with other artists, I really want to bring out the most in their voices and I want to hold myself to the same standard.

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work , other , really

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I was listening 'Plastic Ono Band,' the John Lennon album a lot, and that might have had some inspiration on me.

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listening , john , lennon

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There's a joy I get from collaborating with other artists, and there's a joy I get from making songs on my own.

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joy , get , collaborating

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I'm interested in making art that is available to everybody.

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interested , making , art

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I'm very conscious of the fact that I devoted my life to recording music, recordings and writing songs.

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very , conscious , fact

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I'd like to release solo songs on a regular basis, but it's pretty difficult for me to finish them.

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like , release , solo

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I can't even begin to express the joy I get from writing songs, both on my own and with others, I hold it all sacred.

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even , begin , express

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I don't identify as white. I have a complex relationship with whiteness.

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identify , complex , relationship

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I think the music that speaks to me the most is music that is personal. And that's the music that I'm trying to make.

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think , music , speaks

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

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mom , pregnant , parents

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

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never , identified , like

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

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songs , out , world

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My music is about identity.

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Because of who I am, and how open I am, there's something inherently political about just writing love songs.

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because , how , open

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Only a straight white person would have no concept of what visibility is. They've never contended with anything but visibility.

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only , straight , white

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I've always had a complex relationship towards my identity as an American.

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always , had , complex

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A lot of people get a high from being onstage. I found ways to enjoy it. But I get it from being in the studio.

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lot , people , get

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The most exciting songs to me are the unlikely hits, when you think, 'I love this, but why is it on the radio?'

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most , exciting , songs

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Throughout college I was getting better and better at making recordings, producing songs, making different kinds of beats.

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throughout , college , getting

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As a kid I had gone to New York a handful of times with my family. I definitely think it planted a seed in me.

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kid , had , gone

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