15+ David Longstreth Quotes On Bible

When you make a melody that doesn't come with words from the get-go, sometimes you're just thinking about random vowel sounds that go with it - and it's really, really hard to write lyrics that actually obey the vowel sounds. — David Longstreth

Sometimes you get really bitter about how the prettiest images don't typically end up attached to the most interesting music. But I just take that as a challenge to try to do something cool. — David Longstreth

You think about, like, [20th-century classical composers] Alban Berg, Schoenberg, and Webern sitting around in some living room in Vienna and being like, "We are the end of music. We are the end of this tradition. Music is done." — David Longstreth

There's a certain power in vague language, but I started to get more into the idea of really trying to have a discrete thought in the lyrics and to have songs that were about stuff - to try to make things more coherent. — David Longstreth

It's a weird job because making music or writing a song is a personal thing... and it kind of has to be. You can always tell when people are faking. — David Longstreth

You have to figure out as a band how a band becomes a business, and then you have to keep that business mentality separate from the creative one, which is good for the songs. It's always a work in progress. — David Longstreth

I'm the worst at favourites! I don't have one - I love all my children, I love them all equally. — David Longstreth

Sometimes when you're on tour, it feels like you're living the same day over and over again. — David Longstreth

I think certain people would be moved to be nostalgic about America's glory days, when the music set the tone for the cultural conversation and popular musicians had this absurd level of authority. — David Longstreth

I'm super interested in visual, and I love that being in a band can be as much about making an image as it is about making a sound. — David Longstreth

I do feel like the hardest thing is to do something simple and tap into whatever remains of our common language rather than cultivating your own willfully esoteric vocabulary. — David Longstreth

I feel like the world is super different now than it was in 2009. And to get at something that's somewhat darker, harsher, rougher, and a bit more challenging feels right. — David Longstreth

Clearly, things are definitely changing in big ways as far as the way we consume music, listen to music, and what we expect from music. — David Longstreth

I love that, for Kanye [West], there's no difference between the epic and the personal. That makes him sound like a really grandiose douche - which, I don't think anyone, himself included, could contest - but at the same time, it's really amazing. I love the scope of his perfectionism. — David Longstreth

The idea of letting a recording be a moment in time appealed to me. With digital recording, it's easy to create a perfect text of whatever song you have. — David Longstreth

Life Lessons by David Longstreth

  1. David Longstreth's work demonstrates the importance of taking risks and pushing boundaries in order to create something unique and original.
  2. He has shown that it is possible to combine different genres and styles to create something new and exciting.
  3. His work also highlights the importance of collaboration, as many of his projects involve working with other musicians and artists.
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