Australian - Musician | January 20, 1986 -
I've always loved listening to music on my own, but there's another side of me that is just fascinated by... like Goa trance, for example - just a rave on a beach in India, you know? Where there's someone that's spinning the music, and it's just this free-flowing, continuous energy.
Kevin Parker
MusicBeachMeListeningEnergyYou
For me, it's always been draining to be around people for too long because I'm naturally a pretty expressionless person. From an early age, I found being alone incredibly liberating.
AgeAloneBeing AlonePeopleMe
Nothing matches the sheer euphoria of discovering a new melody or a new batch of chords that just come out of nowhere.
NewNothingOutNowhereMelodyJust
For me, the value of music is the value you extract from it.
MusicValueMeYouExtract
Songwriting has become such a big part of what I do that emotions and the melodies that accompany them blur into one.
BlurEmotionsBecomeSongwritingBig
I wouldn't say making psychedelic music is my focus. That's not the modus operandi for Tame Impala. It's about making music that moves people.
MusicFocusPeopleSayPsychedelic
In high school, I was an absolute derelict.
SchoolHigh SchoolHighAbsolute
It's a lot harder to reach people's hearts than it is to reach people's brains.
PeopleReachBrainsHeartsThanLot
I've spent a lot of my life forcing myself to do the right thing, and nowadays, I've just forgotten about all that. It's far more romantic just to let all your vices and fetishes come out and shine.
LifeMyselfRomanticShineMy Life
To me, rock and roll is like an ethos or a state of mind.
MindMeRock And RollRockRoll
I used to hate iPhones. Before I got an iPhone, I used to be like, 'What are you doing, sitting there on your phone. Join the real world, man.' I categorically disliked iPhones. When my friends got an iPhone, I was like, 'Oh, we lost him.'
HateManWorldFriendsDoingYou
At different times in life, I've felt like it's time to say goodbye from some form of myself that's been hanging around for a while - you just feel this urge to move on, like a herd of antelope. They're just standing there in a field eating grass. You feel like that as a person sometimes. Where's it's just time to move on.
LifeTimeMyselfGoodbyeEatingYou
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Kevin Parker quotes