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" I don't know how well I work in traditions. I don't know if it's just the way I listened to music growing up and never having my foot in one particular world, and just wanting to do my own thing. "

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People

Writing

Depression

" I'm inspired by nonmusical things a lot, whether it's a film or a book or whatever. "

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Grandmother

Watched

" 'Maxim's' was supposed to be on 'Ekstasis,' but it was very much in its own world. "

" It's hard for me to get shows in the U.S. It's that simple. I don't know what that means. I think it means there's not as much support here for my music? "

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Simple

Support

" If I feel like I'm myself, then I'm very uncomfortable. "

" Green tea is my main source of caffeine, so I drink it every day. "

" There's definitely been a focus on the literary aspects of my music, and I always get a little cringey because I don't feel like I'm particularly literary. There's a sort of academic label that's put on me that seems inaccurate. "

Julia Holter

Focus

Music

" I don't use the harpsichord because it evokes a past time period: I use it because I like the sound. "

" I usually work in a room which is totally cluttered with my mess, and there's stuff everywhere, and it's kind of chaotic because I am a very messy person. I could totally write in a pristine environment, but it would mean I would have to be at someone else's house. "

" 'Betsy' is one of my favorites because it is the one to which I've imposed the least clear narrative. To me, it's so much more about the feeling - desperation - than any kind of story at all. There's very little imagery or character development; it's just about a deep and desperate search for something. "

Julia Holter

Character

" David Bowie - I definitely knew some of his music as a teenager, but I didn't actually listen to his music as much until I was in my 20s. "

" I don't consider myself supremely talented, but I really like to try things and sift through it and see what mess I made. "

Julia Holter

See

Try

" I am very interested in the human voice and how we use it, especially when we aren't thinking, like the kind of stuff Robert Ashley was interested in. "

" In L.A., you can play forever, and no one around the world will hear you. "

" If you've ever seen paparazzi go after a celebrity, it's really freaky. "

Julia Holter

Paparazzi

You

" I was pretty scared of the idea as a younger person of being a musician on the road. It didn't occur to me as a possibility. "

Julia Holter

Idea

Person

" I think what's interesting in L.A. is that there's a lot of variety because L.A. is very spread out. I think there is a lot I don't know about, to be completely honest. It's a very mysterious town. "

" I don't thrive in a school or academic environment, I found out. I thrive better in the world outside the small academy because I find it hard to explain what I'm doing. "

" It's so hard to know where you belong, ever. You have to be yourself and let yourself fall wherever you fall. "

" No one recognises me on the street, ever. "

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Ever

Recognises

" I like talking about my music. "

" I don't think all music that is considered 'avant-garde' is bad, but it's definitely elitist. I hope my music is not that. "

" I started playing piano when I was eight, and I went on to study piano in school, so I have a background in classical piano and studied composition in school. Writing music came later. "

" I don't ever like to see paparazzi much, but I have seen them, and I guess anyone who's seen them knows how scary they are. "

Julia Holter

Seen

Scary

" If I'm kind of sad or depressed, it doesn't necessarily help me to write a song about exactly what I'm depressed about. "

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Kind

Sad

" What was special about Leonard Cohen's work was its calm mystery. "

" I do develop characters for songs, and I think of everything as storytelling, in a way. But I don't plan out what they're going to sound like. I just sing over what I've done. "

" I did study with Anne Carson briefly in Michigan. She taught there, and that's where I first encountered her, in her class. "

" I'm happy that I worked alone on 'Tragedy,' but it's obvious that I was trying to create something much bigger than I could do on my own. "