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" There's a lot psychologically going on in boxing... I think I relate to some of it. I have a respect for it. It's like performing, but it's also this crazy, self-destructive thing. "

Julia Holter

Respect

Crazy

Boxing

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" I try to not think too much about how people are receiving my music. And I'm not really famous enough that it's a problem. "

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Person

" 'Betsy' is one of my favorites because it is the one to which I've imposed the least clear narrative. To me, it's so much more about the feeling - desperation - than any kind of story at all. There's very little imagery or character development; it's just about a deep and desperate search for something. "

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" I like working with students a lot and watching some of the amazing stuff they put together. "

" It's nice to work with people who know how to mic drums right and how to record properly. But there's something to be said for doing it yourself. "

" You can have an Internet presence, but it doesn't mean anyone has any idea who you are or what you look like. Which is great. "

" When you make music on your own for so long, you get used to just doing whatever you want. "

" I've never felt at home anywhere. "

" I'm happy that I worked alone on 'Tragedy,' but it's obvious that I was trying to create something much bigger than I could do on my own. "

" There's definitely been a focus on the literary aspects of my music, and I always get a little cringey because I don't feel like I'm particularly literary. There's a sort of academic label that's put on me that seems inaccurate. "

Julia Holter

Focus

Music

" When I'm depressed is when I'm not interested in writing anything, whereas some people, I think, are spurred to creativity through their personal experiences and through depression. And for me, it's a very low place, and it's not fruitful. "

" I do have a big problem with the idea of music as a form of communication unless it's political - and that's where it's tricky because a lot of music is political, even if it's not overtly so. But my music isn't that; it's about a feeling. "

" All I ever know is what I want to do next. "

" 'Have You in My Wilderness,' the title track, is about the idea of possessing a person, or saying, 'You're mine; you're in my world now.' I was drawn to that as an idea less from my own experience than from listening to music written by men that was kind of male gaze-y. "

" When I was a kid, I had a xylophone, and I thought that was the instrument I wanted to play. I didn't realize it was a toy. "

" In L.A., you can play forever, and no one around the world will hear you. "

" I was pretty scared of the idea as a younger person of being a musician on the road. It didn't occur to me as a possibility. "

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Idea

Person

" I did study with Anne Carson briefly in Michigan. She taught there, and that's where I first encountered her, in her class. "

" I see myself as a songwriter and a poet. "

" The classic problem in a relationship is a person trying to control the other person. People just want to conquer somebody. "

" I don't often meet with strangers and feel okay about collaborating with them. "

" I try to ignore people's opinions about my music - you don't want to hold yourself back because of that stuff. "

" I prefer to work with mystery, but that doesn't work well in an academic environment. They want you to analyze what you're doing, which is toxic to the creative process for people like me. "

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People

You

" I was in school for four years writing music to please my teachers. That was not music I liked. And when I make music that isn't for something I want to make, and it's to please other people, it's - the outcome is really bad. "

" The meaning of the words in my songs are very important to me. But what's most important to me is that the music works. "

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Words

Important

" In high school, I would secretly play Joni Mitchell songs all the time. That's when I started singing and playing at the same time, and I got really into doing that. "

" I don't ever like to see paparazzi much, but I have seen them, and I guess anyone who's seen them knows how scary they are. "

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Seen

Scary

" I played cello on my early recordings, but that doesn't mean I'm a cellist, you know? "