Victoria Legrand Quotes

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• In general, I think I'm a very private person. But I also love human beings.

  Victoria Legrand

  Thinking, Humans, Persons

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

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• People who create art would be fools to assume they know exactly what people are going to think of it.

  Victoria Legrand

  Art, Thinking, People

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

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• For me, it's really day to day. I don't really plan ahead and I like to be excited about what I'm wearing. Being on the road all the time, it's various articles of clothing that keep me inspired and feeling good. A fun or beautiful thing to wear can change your day. I think spontaneity and not adhering to any narrow styles keep me happy.

  Victoria Legrand

  Beautiful, Fun, Thinking

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• My hair is a wild, untamable beast! I like letting it grow; my bangs grow whatever way they want and I kind of follow their rule. So side bangs, poof bangs - it's kind of unpredictable.

  Victoria Legrand

  Hair, Bangs, Want

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• I'm a Gemini, so I'm very dual. I love something and I hate it at the same time, so that probably comes out in the lyrics.

  Victoria Legrand

  Hate, I Hate

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

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• As you get older you realise that nothing lasts forever. It's not depressing, but it does make moments more intense.

  Victoria Legrand

  Depressing, Forever, Doe

  "Beach House and the curse of the big time". Interview with Sian Rowe, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2012.

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• If a psychiatrist would analyze [the lyrics], I'm sure they'd come up with something interesting. I really don't try to twist them. I don't want to slash things.

  Victoria Legrand

  Interesting, Trying, Twists

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

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• Yeah, it's a lot harder to find a musical partner than a love partner.

  Victoria Legrand

  Musical, Yeah, Partners

  "Beach House's Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally are not a couple - so stop asking". Interview with Chris O'Connell, www.avclub.com. March 24, 2010.

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• With us, people caught on to something on our third album, and that will never be repeated. Basically, I don't really have any complaints about the way that Beach House has grown. I feel like we're still in control of what we're doing, and it's a great time in our existence.

  Victoria Legrand

  Beach, People, House

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• I was in a Led Zeppelin cover band in high school, and my highlight was playing "Misty Mountain Hop" at a coffee house in Wayne, Pennsylvania. I wasn't allowed to play any instruments; I could only be the singer because I was a girl.

  Victoria Legrand

  Girl, Coffee, School

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

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• It's always about trying to make everything go with the music, like a script. It's not like, 'Let's have a confetti gun!' If I ever have one of those, it will be because it's absolutely the right thing at the moment in the song. I can't just go get a confetti gun.

  Victoria Legrand

  Song, Gun, Trying

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• I like to find the beauty in the ugly. When I'm in a thrift store, I gravitate toward pieces I know I'll wear a ton, and insane pieces that I'm sure most people would consider gross. But I find them inspiring. Our van is currently stocked with some of my random findings from this tour. Maybe I'll call my aesthetic 'van fashion.

  Victoria Legrand

  Fashion, People, Insane

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• Sound is a very unruly thing, and you have to really respect that it's going to differ every time you play.

  Victoria Legrand

  Play, Sound, Unruly

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

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• But I love the hot sweat. I think overheating onstage is invigorating. It's better than being comfortable. I think being comfortable is the death of a show.

  Victoria Legrand

  Thinking, Sweat, Hot

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• Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't seem like they're actually listening to it.

  Victoria Legrand

  People, Listening, Magazines

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• I don't wear dresses and flowers in my hair and float around!

  Victoria Legrand

  Flower, Hair, Dresses

  "Beach House and the curse of the big time". Interview with Sian Rowe, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2012.

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• I truly believe that if you think something's stupid, that might mean it's actually good.

  Victoria Legrand

  Stupid, Believe, Mean

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

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• I studied voice and piano as a child, although, at least with voice, you start over at puberty, because your voice completely changes.

  Victoria Legrand

  Children, Voice, Piano

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

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• As long as artists can make something, artists will continue to survive.

  Victoria Legrand

  Artist, Long

  "Beach House's Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally are not a couple - so stop asking". Interview with Chris O'Connell, www.avclub.com. March 24, 2010.

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• I personally do not listen to a lot of music. It helps keep my mind free. I don't want to sound like someone else from the get-go. I want to express myself and the world in my head.

  Victoria Legrand

  Mind, Sound, World

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• We feel more and more intensely about the music we make. It's unexpected, and not always what you would think of in Beach House. It's all art in the end. We aren't making records because we have to; it's because it's what we want to express.

  Victoria Legrand

  Beach, Art, Thinking

  "Beach House's Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally are not a couple - so stop asking". Interview with Chris O'Connell, www.avclub.com. March 24, 2010.

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• I don't like to read the Internet; I'm not aware of what's going on.

  Victoria Legrand

  Internet

  "Beach House's Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally are not a couple - so stop asking". Interview with Chris O'Connell, www.avclub.com. March 24, 2010.

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• I really do try to let the identity or voice inside come out.

  Victoria Legrand

  Voice, Trying, Identity

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

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• There's something to be said for being classically trained on piano, but not having your whole makeup be tied to one instrument.

  Victoria Legrand

  Makeup, Piano, Said

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

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• I think sometimes songwriting becomes diluted when you have lots of components to mask a lack of core.

  Victoria Legrand

  Thinking, Sometimes, Mask

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

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