30 Devendra Banhart Quotes

Devendra Banhart quotes

1. And because my teeth don't bite, I can take them out dancing I can take my little teeth out and show them a real good time

2. Each strand of her hair Is really insect eyes And each hole in her tongue Is always occupied By the milk of the sun

3. Little yellow spider, laughing at the snow. Maybe that spider knows something i don't know, 'cause i'm goddamn cold.

4. And hey there little sexy pig, you made it with a man And now you've got a little kid with hooves instead of hands.

5. Cook me in your breakfast, and put me on your plate, 'cause you know i taste great.

6. Put me in your dry dreams or put me in your wet If you haven't yet.

7. I heard somebody say that the war ended today, but everybody knows it's going still.

8. I see so many little boys I wanna marry, I see plenty little kids I've yet to have.

9. Now if I lived in my land, which I do, if I lived in Iceland, if I lived in Greensland I'd still have Chinese children, but out of my ears my little grey baby hears.

10. Cripple crow say something for our grieving, where do we go once we start leaving. Well close that wound or else keep on bleeding and change your tune, it's got no meaning.

1. I can't tell you how many times I've had a friend tell me, in this tender and discreet voice, 'It's just you and me bro, and I want to tell you the truth: make a record of you and an acoustic guitar. Please. That's what everybody actually likes.' That's so funny to me.

2. I was born with a beard. We're quite hairy down in Latin America. We don't have to use sponges when we wash dishes. We just use our baby beards.

3. People love to take sides, but it's not effective. It's not really an effective way of communicating something, because you're either already part of the side or you're going to feel attacked and get defensive.

4. I think five percent of all songs can be love songs, and another five percent can be miscellaneous or political, but the rest should just be about medieval feminists.

5. Growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, the ubiquitous music is salsa, cumbia, merengue, a little bit of samba.

6. I've always said that musicians are the comics of my generations and comedians are the politicians of my generation.

7. I've always wanted to write a song that goes, "I love you" and a book that goes, "Something happened." Something very direct.

8. We live in an age where many things are working hard to conk us out and anesthetize us. Anything we can do to shake us out of that- with no other purpose than to wake us- is valuable.

9. R. Kelly is my favorite singer.

10. When the Internet came along, the first thing I did was look up Wu-Tang so I could print out their symbol and glue it onto my skateboard.

11. I've always noticed talking about lyrics is like talking about a duality. It's like a Gemini time every time I talk about one line. Because each line, of course, means different things to different people, millions of interpretations. With me, I always see two sides. I just see things split into two.

12. My number-one hero in terms of interdisciplinary art is Laurie Anderson, but I've always admired anyone who can think way beyond any one medium.

13. I've always thought it'd be nice to be seaweed, kind of just floating about.

14. I love Meredith Monk, and with Instagram, I get a chance to see if she has a cat, and what's she reading.

15. I do have very small handwriting.

16. Venezuela is incredible, but Caracas? Oh God, I hate it. The sidewalks get smaller every time I go back.

17. I know some people really try to avoid music when they're writing and recording, but I am very inspired by so many different musicians, and I need to learn. I sit around and try to play along to certain songs that I really love. It helps you explore new territory. I don't think I listen to enough.

18. I believe we are all dual beings. Some cultures actually believe we have two souls.

19. I might have some delusions of grandeur.

20. I want to do a record with Adam Green of all German schlager songs.