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" I can be chill. That's a side of me that I like. But then, I can also be not so chill. I can get a little stressed out. "
Kurt Vile
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" I go through ups and downs in the psyche all the time, and then once you start moving again, it's amazing how you can always bounce back. You get, like, in a low rut, and you think, 'This is it; my life is a train wreck.' And then you bounce back again. "
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" I had a really fun time working with the HARRYS guys and their whole crew. "
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" I've developed this routine at home. I wait for the kids to go to bed; then my wife falls asleep. Then, it's dark and quiet enough for me to work on songs. "
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" There's so many FM hits that I love. Bob Seger, there's two of his songs that I love. I would probably love more, but I don't sit around listening to Bob Seger records. It's the same thing with Tom Petty; he writes amazing hits, but it's not often that I sit around at home listening to a whole Tom Petty album. "
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" I've always been a music fan. I played trumpet. When I was in 4th grade, we were getting demos from the music teacher about different instruments we could play, and I said I wanted to play the trumpet right away. It was easy: it just had three valves. "
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" If somebody else wanted to do a song for McDonald's, that's up to them. I wouldn't do something like that, but whatever. "
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" I like to laugh at dark things. "
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" My music has to be funny and sad and happy and loving; it's gotta have it all. When somebody's just too dark all the time, it's just drama. Or if somebody's too funny? Well, I like being too funny sometimes. "
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" 'Street Legal' is like a cult classic. It's pretty cheesy at times, but you learn to embrace it. "
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" People do get mad at me for falling asleep sometimes, and it's the most frustrating thing. I can't help it. What am I gonna do? "
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" I'm definitely influenced by Animal Collective. I watched them early on. "
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" My dad's really funny. The male sense of humor - like my grandfather's and such - is pretty bizarre. Basically my dad's side of the family is where the bizarreness comes from. It's a little goofy and a little out there. "
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" Life is mortal. There are all these rewards and consequences. Sometimes you embrace them, and sometimes they knock you over. "
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" I'm obsessive when I get an idea in my head. "
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" My cousin used to make fun of me for liking stuff like C+C Music Factory. I didn't have any tapes; I just liked their song on the radio. We liked that because that was what we had access to. "
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" I definitely have relapses of stress. Most human beings are like that. But I think, ultimately, music is a therapeutic situation. Once you start playing, it all just gets resolved. "
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" There's too many favorite songs, so I'll just say right now my favorite song of all time is 'Poison' by Bert Jansch. "
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" I proved myself with 'Smoke Ring.' It was me maturing. I made a good pop record. "
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" I think that I identify with Philadelphia for a lot of reasons. Without even thinking about it, I called myself 'Philly's Constant Hitmaker' when I first got a MySpace, before I had any real hits. It was kind of just a funny slogan, basically lifted from the Rolling Stones' first album, 'England's Newest Hit Makers.' "
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" After I play a gig, I'm like a different person: I have superhuman strength. "
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" I really love that 'I Can Feel the Heart Beating as One' Yo La Tengo record a lot. "
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" I got depressed so many times by my blue-collar life and self-conscious about the fact that I didn't go to college. I was always working super low-end jobs, being the complete opposite of what I wanted to be. "
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" If I had known I'd be on Matador back then in my childhood, it would have blown my mind. "
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" I had a wacky job driving a forklift for an air freight company. That was the worst. "
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