20+ Andrew VanWyngarden Quotes On Education, World

Andrew VanWyngarden is an American vocalist, songwriter, and musician, best known as the lead singer and one half of the alternative rock duo MGMT. He is also a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, bass, drums, and keyboards. VanWyngarden has written and co-written all of MGMT's songs and has released two solo albums, "Earth to the Dandy Warhols" and "The King of Whys". Following is our collection on famous quotes by Andrew VanWyngarden on life, education, love.

If you're conscious you must be depressed, or at least cynical. — Andrew VanWyngarden

Even big-bird gets sad sometimes — Andrew VanWyngarden

I think things like YouTube and Twitter are really cool and really good in some ways, but the fact that the news is cutting to a YouTube clip on national TV, I think is really weird. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I don't think it's necessary to worry too much about being authentic. I think a picture taken on an iPhone and then filtered through something to make it look like it was taken on a Super 8 camera can be just as authentic as something taken on a Super 8 camera, if it's capturing something real or beautiful. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I think that especially in the U.S. there's this kind of sensationalizing of news - and making it almost like CNN and stuff are entertainment networks. — Andrew VanWyngarden

Here's what I think. I think that a lot of days, for me recently, it's like every split second the whole universe is created and destroyed. It's like constantly collapsing and reforming. And I think a lot of people feel that. I think that love is the answer and that's the only thing that matters. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I love movies and I think that we wouldn't ever stop making videos just because people aren't watching them. I think that's just kinda sad. It would be cool to spend a lot of money, but we'll always make videos just for ourselves. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I was nervous during Radiohead, we thought that they would hate us. I think when we played in LA, one of the dudes from Entourage was in the audience, and that was kinda weird. If anyone would make me nervous it would be David Bowie, Neil Young, someone like that. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I have the same birthday as George Washington. No I don't. I don't even know who George Washington is. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I think that love is just as important and prevalent and real as it ever was. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I have a bad habit of picking up books about drugs, but that's better than having a drug habit, I think. — Andrew VanWyngarden

The main reason we didn't break up is because we weren't really a college band. We were just, two dudes who were messing around with music. We never played off-campus except for once or twice. We never had any ambitions to make it as a band after college, or anything like that. So that probably worked in our favor. We never took anything seriously, we still don't! — Andrew VanWyngarden

Live we're a lot louder and noisier on the album. I think for the album we took a lot of time for the songwriting and we wanted to make good pop music, and I think there's plus and minuses to doing pop music and noise. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I don't think it is too good especially with music to worry about authenticity, it can get in the way of doing something which comes naturally from your own head which is the most authentic thing [of all]. — Andrew VanWyngarden

We like being ridiculous and I think that's lost on a lot of people, or they think we're coming from this super serious angle, and that's too bad, really. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I'm proud of the lyrics because I take a lot of care in writing them. I try to make it so people will want to go in and get really into the lyrics. I hope there are different corners to them, with lots of levels-without sounding pretentious. — Andrew VanWyngarden

When we were doing noisier shows, they were fun, but we were trying to be really obnoxious and it wasn't like we were trying to make good music. I mean, I'm happier when we have smoothed out a little bit. I think that the spirit of the noise and experimental stuff is still there, but it's easier to do when you're a freshman in college. — Andrew VanWyngarden

Usually when I write lyrics I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of other stuff. Some of my favourite lyricists are like Lou Reed, kind of the classics - Bob Dylan and stuff like that. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I don't feel too comfortable talking about politics and media as I feel like I don't sound too smart. — Andrew VanWyngarden

FACT!: I wanna live in a castle. — Andrew VanWyngarden

Life Lessons by Andrew VanWyngarden

1. Andrew VanWyngarden's work shows that creativity and passion can be used to create something truly unique and special.
2. His willingness to take risks and experiment with different genres and styles demonstrates the importance of pushing boundaries and exploring the unknown.
3. His music is a reminder that collaboration and collaboration with other artists can lead to great things.