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" I wrote 'Actor' all on the computer. I didn't touch any instruments until I was in the studio. So while I had all these ornate arrangements, I didn't have any songs. "

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" All you can do is make something that you like and feel proud of and then just hope for the best and try to get out of its way. "

St. Vincent

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" I'm supportive of women, absolutely, and it's so gratifying to have girls come up and say, 'I'm really inspired by your guitar playing.' I mean no disrespect to the sisterhood, but musically I feel more drawn to things like Dirty Projectors, the National and Grizzly Bear. "

" I grew up around a lot of various religions, so it's a part of my consciousness in a way. Everything from heavy Catholicism to followers of Indian spiritual masters to Unitarian universalists - all in one family. Though the family aspect was stronger than any particular dogma. "

" I just love playing guitar, so that's what I'm going to do. "

" Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members. "

" I was always just kind of obsessed with guitar, even before I started playing. "

" I started playing guitar when I was 12 and probably from that age knew that I wanted to make music and make my own music. Playing with other bands like the Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens was more like an apprenticeship for me than anything. "

St. Vincent

My Own

Music

" My dad used to love Steely Dan, the Stones, Jethro Tull and all that. There was always Steely Dan going in my dad's car, but I remember The Royal Scam in particular because it has 'Kid Charlemagne' on it. "

" To be honest, because there's loud music in my ears probably three hours a day, between sound check and the show, I listen to podcasts more than I listen to music on the road. "

" Guitar is just something I can do. So much of it now is muscle memory, just instinct. "

" I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians. "

" I've been watching a lot of Joan Didion interviews on YouTube. I love her. My drummer has gotten me into looking at Terence McKenna interviews. "

St. Vincent

YouTube

Drummer

" Well, I've been recording myself on a computer since I was about 13 or 14. So it's completely entwined with my creative process. Essentially, it allows you to make music that's better and smarter than you are, by using your ears to lead the way. "

" Fashion, for me, is anything that's aesthetic and beautiful. Art, food, film. It's something that I appreciate and really like. "

" I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a little room for people to put themselves in it. "

" A song has a life of its own. It's an autonomous thing, separate from your own experience, almost. And the mere repetition of it means it's subject to change; it means approaching it differently, expressing different emotional aspects of it. It doesn't feel like wallowing. "

" I love Robert Fripp. You know what I really appreciate about Robert Fripp? He always dresses appropriately for the occasion. When he's on stage, he's a Dapper Dan. "

" I only listen to my own music when I'm playing an hour-and-half set each night. I don't put it on recreationally. "

" The Lilith Fair thing was Bummer Town - hey, hop aboard the marginalizing train. I guess you had people come out of that and have careers, but I think there was a pretty intense backlash, too. "

" I think a lot of people who want to be musicians terrify their parents because they don't have a living example of it in their families, and I did. So I always knew that it was possible. "

" And if I'm honest about it, I was obsessed with Nirvana and Pearl Jam. This is like '92, right in the throes of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam and Nirvana. I think I probably wanted to be Kurt Cobain. "

St. Vincent

Nirvana

Jam

" In regards to being a fashion aficionado, there's a certain amount of taking yourself seriously in the professional world. The self-effacing person can't completely go down the serious road. But I design, and love when things are beautiful. "

" Whirlyball is only the most awesome sport on the planet! It's like bumper cars plus lacrosse meets basketball. "

" I'm unqualified to do anything other than music. "

" I've been so entwined with technology since I was about 15, recording myself and multitracking and producing things on my own. "

" Life can be challenging and sad... but music is the easy part. "

" I guess trying to throw my body into the guitar is so natural for me that I don't even know how to explain it. I can't imagine life without it. "

" I grew up in Texas and we used to go to Padre Island, eight hours in the car down to the beach. "

St. Vincent

Down

Texas

" Generally my day-to-day is pretty much the same. Just busy and working and on tour. And trying to put on the best show possible every night. "

" I have a great band. Oh, man. I'm so happy about them. "

St. Vincent

Happy

Man