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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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" Philly's busy enough. There are tons of record stores and record-head friends and plenty of D.I.Y. shows. It's a place where people pass through and bands don't usually skip on tour. There are lots of music resources, but it's not too over the top. "

Kurt Vile

Friends

Music

Top

" I'm the kind of person who will set time aside to do something and then do everything but that thing. "

" When I leave a recording session, there is usually a lot of paranoia or superstition on my part, like I'm afraid to hear what we've done. "

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Afraid

Leave

" I'm just used to the L.A. music life. "

" 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. "

" I like a well-rounded life. All of this work is kind of useless if you don't have something good to come home to. "

" When I was a teenager, I was mostly getting tapes and CDs, and somebody hipped me to the fact that you can get things on vinyl that are not necessarily available on any other fomat. "

Kurt Vile

Somebody

Fact

" Influence is all osmosis. "

Kurt Vile

Influence

" People can have their punk ideals, but I don't really care about that kind of thing. "

" The last blue collar job I had, I was 29. Even 'Childish Prodigy,' I had a day job that whole time. Those early ones, they feel like psychedelic, blue collar records. Especially 'God Is Saying This to You,' there's such urgency in that album. "

" I like to laugh at dark things. "

Kurt Vile

Dark

Things

" I just try to make as much money as possible. However I can do it. With as much integrity as I can have. "

" I actually often write about writing music and being in that zone. "

" 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. "

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

" I find that I get nervous before I play. Even sound checks can give me anxiety and screw with my mind. But as long as I can play a little acoustic guitar backstage if I'm feeling nervous, so I don't have to walk in there cold turkey, I'll be fine. "

" 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? "

Kurt Vile

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Help

" I'm always working on music. "

" There's so many ways you can play one chord progression that the repetition isn't ever exactly the same. "

" I write a lot when I'm feeling bummed, but other times, you get locked in, and it's totally personal. If you're really low and writing, you're not thinking about anybody at all. "

" I've been known to just pass out instantaneously, like, anywhere. "

" I had a wacky job driving a forklift for an air freight company. That was the worst. "

" I think if you just travel in general, it allows you to step outside of yourself and whatever you're familiar with. "

" Cigarettes are the worst thing in the world for you. "

" 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

Side

I Can

" A lot of getting a song done is booking the studio time. "

" I've got an amazing family. My wife is really smart. She's guided me the whole way. With children, you see them grow up, so it's like you're forever young. They are totally innocent and so unjaded. Watching them grow up makes you go through it again yourself. "

" When I first got the record deal, I thought it felt like I won the lottery. But I always worked hard at it. "

Kurt Vile

Always

Thought

" I'm definitely influenced by Animal Collective. I watched them early on. "

" If I had known I'd be on Matador back then in my childhood, it would have blown my mind. "