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" 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. "

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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. "

Kurt Vile

Say

Poison

Now

" I walk around a lot. People come up to me and say 'Hi,' but not that often. I mean, I get it plenty often, but sometimes I wish they'd come up to me more! I mean, I'm just a regular guy. "

" I feel like my music is like - there are always new influences in there. "

" 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

Sometimes

Help

" 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

" I'm obsessive when I get an idea in my head. "

" It was just the next logical step from making succinct pop songs. What do you do after that? You make pop songs that are longer and more epic, that push the envelope. Imagine your favourite song, or something that you play over and over in the car, except that you don't have to start it over as much. "

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

" I always sort of liked Mesa/Boogies, but I wasn't sure if they were cool or not cool. "

" Australia is a wild place. "

" 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. "

" I'd say the best thing the Violators and I have done is to dominate the U.S. with an arsenal of smash hits. "

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

" 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. "

" When I write, I tend to tap into this human wondering vibe that could come off negative, but it's really not. "

" I feel like when I say something sad, I mean it. "

Kurt Vile

Mean

Sad

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

" 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. "

Kurt Vile

Working

Always

" I really like Cold Cave. "

" It's gotta feel natural. I'm always into that, and after awhile, if I am working on a song too long and trying to make something out of it that it's not... it's best just to stop and move on. "

" I love polished pop music, but stuff like Neil Young's Crazy Horse vibe or Waylon Jennings, that stuff is raw and real. "

" 'Street Legal' is like a cult classic. It's pretty cheesy at times, but you learn to embrace it. "

Kurt Vile

Embrace

You

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

" 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. "

" 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

" Even when I haven't played in a while, I can sit down and start with a chord, and just drop into it. It's like this tunnel I go into. The zone is where I want to live. "

" 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. "

" I like New York. I like Philly. I like San Fran. I like when people are stoked. But Chicago's a real music town, and they're really good to us there. There's just something in the air there; people are just really stoked about music. Every time I go there, I have a great time, and the fandom is really heartwarming. "

" 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. "

" I get to come home to my family. It's awesome, just constant adventure, never a dull moment. So much life. "