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" 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. "

Kurt Vile

You

Love

Song

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Somebody

Fact

" Life is mortal. There are all these rewards and consequences. Sometimes you embrace them, and sometimes they knock you over. "

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Mental

Cause

" I'm not cynical, but the reality is that life is mortal. Terrible, sad things happen. Everybody loses friends and family. I'll be on tour and get really scared if my wife won't answer her phone within one minute. I'm sensitive. "

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Kurt Vile

Dark

Things

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Influence

" 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

" 'Smoke Ring' was a downer, then 'Wakin' was an upturn. "

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Smoke

Made

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Kurt Vile

Always

Thought

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

Kurt Vile

Embrace

You

" I'm always working on music. "

" 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. "