Well, I've been recording myself on a computer since I was about 13 or 14. So it's completely entwined with my creative process. Essentially, it allows you to make music that's better and smarter than you are, by using your ears to lead the way. St. Vincent completelycomputercreative share on social
I've always been pretty ravenous about pop culture, highbrow and lowbrow. St. Vincent culturehavehighbrow Change image and share on social
I think human beings have a really broad spectrum of traits, and I almost feel implicated when we say, 'Men are like this, women are like this.' Nobody was telling me, 'Don't get dirty, don't play in the mud, girls don't do that.' St. Vincent beingbroaddirty share on social
Generally my day-to-day is pretty much the same. Just busy and working and on tour. And trying to put on the best show possible every night. St. Vincent busydaygenerally Change image and share on social
I think a lot of people who want to be musicians terrify their parents because they don't have a living example of it in their families, and I did. So I always knew that it was possible. St. Vincent familyknowlive Change image and share on social
And if I'm honest about it, I was obsessed with Nirvana and Pearl Jam. This is like '92, right in the throes of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam and Nirvana. I think I probably wanted to be Kurt Cobain. St. Vincent cobainhonestjam Change image and share on social
I guess trying to throw my body into the guitar is so natural for me that I don't even know how to explain it. I can't imagine life without it. St. Vincent bodyexplainguess Change image and share on social
I wrote 'Actor' all on the computer. I didn't touch any instruments until I was in the studio. So while I had all these ornate arrangements, I didn't have any songs. St. Vincent actorarrangementcomputer Change image and share on social
I'm supportive of women, absolutely, and it's so gratifying to have girls come up and say, 'I'm really inspired by your guitar playing.' I mean no disrespect to the sisterhood, but musically I feel more drawn to things like Dirty Projectors, the National and Grizzly Bear. St. Vincent absolutelybeardirty share on social
A song has a life of its own. It's an autonomous thing, separate from your own experience, almost. And the mere repetition of it means it's subject to change; it means approaching it differently, expressing different emotional aspects of it. It doesn't feel like wallowing. St. Vincent approachaspectautonomous share on social
