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" 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. "

Kurt Vile

Music

Easy

Three

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" 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. "

" On one level, we're on Matador, but our amps still might explode on stage, or they'll be an echo in the mic. It's like climbing a ladder. I like to climb it really slowly. I could probably get really professional right away, but I like to take baby steps and find my own way. "

" I go in and out of mental funks all the time 'cause it comes with the territory. "

Kurt Vile

Mental

Cause

" I like to laugh at dark things. "

Kurt Vile

Dark

Things

" I benefit from a change of scenery; it's always inspiring. "

" 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 really like Cold Cave. "

" Around '93, the radio started playing 'Loser' by Beck and 'Cut Your Hair' by Pavement, and then I got way into Pavement. That was kind of a gateway drug into indie rock. I got all their B-sides, and I got that 'Hey Drag City' comp, so I got into all those Drag City bands. "

" Life is so beautiful, but there are all these scary things you can't deny. "

" 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. "

" I really love that 'I Can Feel the Heart Beating as One' Yo La Tengo record a lot. "

" 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. "

" Love is intense, and sadness is intense. "

" I don't have anything to get off my chest. I'm not itching to prove myself anymore. "

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

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

" 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. "

Kurt Vile

Afraid

Leave

" The real reason I was lo-fi before was really just because that's what I could afford. "

" I'm the kind of performer who gets lost on stage. I can tap into this soulful haze. "

" I feel like if you sit down and have an assistant engineer and a producer in a top-notch studio and everyone sets up all the mikes perfect, all of a sudden it's really hard to live that melancholy song. It's hard to really live it in the moment. "

" My favorite kind of song is the most beautiful song that you love so much and it's so good it makes you want to cry a little bit. Any jam can sound like that on a certain day. "

" 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

" That's one of my favorite Matador records: Cat Power, 'You Are Free.' "

" I had a really fun time working with the HARRYS guys and their whole crew. "

" Everybody goes up and down throughout their lives. "

Kurt Vile

Everybody

Goes

" There comes a time when you've toured a ton, and a time to be inspired again. Listen to awesome jazz records that are mellow with no words, and just sit there and read a book, or space out on your couch. And eventually, all that inspiration comes. "

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

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

" 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've gotten a lot more paranoid in my older age. "

Kurt Vile

Paranoid

Age