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" In your imagination, you can perfect things in a way you can't do in your everyday life. "

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" A lot of the things I was doing on the first couple Washed Out releases was very naive. "

" I remember at one point, with a previous release of mine, I stumbled upon a shareware site, and the total number of downloads was in the thousands, maybe the hundreds of thousands. But there's no doubt that the Internet and that kind of sharing has been a huge benefit for the band. "

" The music is at this weird intersection of dance music and indie music. It's not quite dancey enough to do a full-blown DJ set, and it wasn't quite rock enough for a rock band. But I guess it's what makes us unique - drawing from a lot of different influences. "

" Travelling is really great for giving you tons of ideas, but it's really hard to actually record anything on the road. "

" Obviously, you want to honour the sound of your music, but I'm definitely open to trying new things and making myself use a different palette of sounds. "

" My parents live out in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of this peach orchard. It's actually Peach County, one of the largest peach-growing counties in Georgia. It's very rural, and there is nothing much going on, so I guess that's had a big influence on everything as far as just not having much to do. "

" Texture is very important. Just the feel of everything. It's not always about recording everything in pristine quality and having everything mixed where it's absolutely perfect. It's more about a vibe. "

" My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet. "

" I felt like I was building this world brick by brick with each layer of instrumentation I was doing. I could see it growing in some ways. I feel like most writers feel the same way. You're almost living inside of this magic world that you're building. "

" The thing that's good about music-making software like the DAW-kinda systems is that they're all generally the same; the kind of interface is normally laid out in a similar way. Depending on the program, the sounds might be quite different, but they tend to all have a drum machine or synthesizer or a sampler. "

" I normally start at the computer with something really simple like a four-bar loop of a drum sample or a bass line. And then I just start adding layers of synthesizers. "

" Over a year's time, I felt like I squeezed in five years of touring experience, which was a really huge help moving forward. "

" The one sound I think of when I think about dreaming is the harp glissando, which is this really atmospheric run up and down the scale that's really dreamy. "

" I don't think I would change anything. I think we've done a fairly good job of remaining sane and making the right decisions. "

" Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story - my favorite records have a narrative feel. "

" In some ways, I feel like I've always dabbled in nostalgia. It's just what I do; it comes naturally. "

" I definitely enjoy my time by myself - and that's kind of the weird thing about touring; you're kind of constantly surrounded by people - but I actually do enjoy going out and doing things and being around people. "

" I took piano lessons when I was really young, like five years old, and I didn't really enjoy that very much. It was kind of too strict. So when I was probably 11 or 12, I started playing guitar and just kind of taught myself. "

" I think '80s pop music subconsciously informs what I'm doing. "

" The way that I sing is very mumbled-together, and so I guess I'm kind of stuck with it now. "

" I put some songs on the Internet back in 2009 - that's kind of how everything started with Washed Out. I had never really planned on being in a band or anything like that. It was kind of a hobby I did on my own, just recording music. "

" Maybe in the future, you'll be able to understand what I'm saying. I'm going more for an atmospheric vibe in my songs. And I really don't want to ruin the illusions people may create for themselves. "

" I want people to make sense of what I'm talking about. "

" I've always written pop songs. I tend to take inspiration from more experimental genres, like ambient music, but at the root of the song, it's verse-chorus-verse. "

" When we're back home, I feel pretty domesticated. "

" I come from a background of hiding everything behind a computer. "

" I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse. "

" When I look back at the record and listen to it, I can sort of see where I was at when I was making it - these brief little moments, different places I was at emotionally. "

" I do have the personnel that we use in the back of my head when I'm working, but I also don't want to limit myself. "

" I just have the normal ringtone, unfortunately. "