Win Butler Quotes About Songs

Quotes about: Songs

• There's this idea, particularly in pop music and a lot of these pop father/manager types, that you're selling the person instead of the song. You basically want to create something that the fans relate to because it's exactly like them. So there's a lot of art that's made to be in the image of the audience, but then the audience is imitating this version of themselves. It's a really weird cultural feedback loop, and it's kind of strange to watch. It's a new thing since I was a kid, really a different thing.

  Win Butler

  Song, Art, Father

  Source: www.avclub.com

• It would get really alienating, to have my face be the face of a cause. So much just comes down to the songs. I just want to give us the opportunity to write great songs. Even our work in Haiti is limited by how good our songs are. We just need to get rid of as much of the bullshit as possible, so we can have a life, so we have something to write about.

  Win Butler

  Song, Writing, Opportunity

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• I find myself a lot more open to bands if I just hear their song. It gives you an opportunity to engage with the thing itself and not be overwhelmed by everything else that surrounds it.

  Win Butler

  Song, Opportunity, Giving

  Source: pitchfork.com

• Music is made by individuals. Some artists will be very politically overt in their songs, some will be more subtle. You have to be true to yourself, true to your nature.

  Win Butler

  Song, Artist, Be True To Yourself

• Songwriting is reliant on inspiration, which ideally you don't have that much control over. Songs kind of half make themselves, and then you have to finish them.

  Win Butler

  Song, Inspiration, Half

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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