American - Musician | December 18, 1984 -
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.
Julia Holter
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It's so hard to know where you belong, ever. You have to be yourself and let yourself fall wherever you fall.
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One thing I do like about L.A. is the fact that you can be - whether you're famous or it's just a matter of, like, seeing people you know all the time on the street, you can be pretty anonymous and walk around and, like, not run into people, because it's such a big city and because a lot of people drive.
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I played cello on my early recordings, but that doesn't mean I'm a cellist, you know?
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I started classical piano when I was eight, but I wasn't a virtuoso. I just really liked it.
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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.
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I grew up watching 'Gigi.' My grandmother had it, and I watched it there.
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I think of each record as different and not having very much in common with what went before or what comes next.
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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.
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I usually work in a room which is totally cluttered with my mess, and there's stuff everywhere, and it's kind of chaotic because I am a very messy person. I could totally write in a pristine environment, but it would mean I would have to be at someone else's house.
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I often find that I like the vibe of not having technology around me.
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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.
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