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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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" Ultimately, what interests me is using exotic sounds in my songs. "

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" 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. "

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" Making music is pretty much the only thing I can do. "

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

" I was definitely the kid in the back of the class with his head down the whole time not wanting to speak up and say anything. "

" I've struggled with depression before. For me, music was always a very positive way to will myself out of that situation. "

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

" 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. "

" I don't think it's an exciting thing to move back in with your parents. "

" It's very hard to find perfection in your life. But in the art world you can do that. "

" The Washed Out thing happened really quickly, and I wasn't really actively promoting the songs. I didn't think of them as any more than demos, really, and it sort of became a thing on its own. "

" We lived in Atlanta for a couple of years, and had a lot of fun, but my best work happens when I isolate myself. It's all about turning inward. "

" It is easy to get an interesting loop to happen, but it becomes a collage when the song and loop are constantly changing. "

" 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. "

" Where I grew up in the middle of Georgia, hip-hop is king, and on Friday and Saturday nights, local DJs do mixes. It's a great mix of local stuff and then some of the bigger hits and remixes of the hits, and it just has this nice flow with a dirty-South sound to everything. "

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

" When I'm not touring, I hardly ever leave my house. Part of it is I get to do what I'm most passionate about, which is work on music and make new songs. "

" 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 have a little basement studio set up here at my house, and I do probably 80 percent of the recording here on my own. With multi-tracking technology, I can play various parts on top of one another. "

" 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. "

" One of the great things about music is how it can take you places. "

" 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. "

" I do try to structure everything in a way that's very much like a pop song. I try to keep the arrangements really simple, just to make everything essential. "

" 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. "

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

" I try to stay on a pretty normal schedule of nine-to-five. "