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" I do a lot of things, and I'll get excited about them - maybe it'll be a song in a movie - and then it comes out, and you're like, 'Aww, that was cool, but it wasn't quite as big a deal as I thought it would be.' "

Kurt Vile

Cool

Big

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Mean

Sad

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Leave

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Feel

General

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Mental

Cause

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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. "

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Side

I Can

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" That Yo La Tengo record, 'Painful,' has got some real awesome, noisy, mellow heartbreakers. "

" My family was always playing music; I always enjoyed it. My cousin, who is a little older than me, he started playing music, so I wanted to, also. I asked my dad for a guitar, and he got me a banjo, so that was my introduction to playing. I played it like a guitar. I had a few lessons, learned out a few chords, and figured it out right away. "

Kurt Vile

Music

Right

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