“In an artistic and spiritual sense I'm really not that concerned about what happens after the album is done.” Quote by Paul Banks
“My influences are vast and varied. I was into classic rock at the same time that I was into hip-hop. It was just that hip-hop was the first music that I got really really into. Rock was right on its tail.” FirstsInfluenceRocksHip HopHipsClassicHopsTailsClassic Rock Author:Paul Banks
“If you're an artist, you do what you do, and in a way, you don't even control the core essence of what you do. You try to mold it and develop a style, but the core elements of what you do are just part of who you are.” IfsWayTryingArtistStyleElementsEssenceWho You AreCoreMold Author:Paul Banks
“You can't just imitate and keep coming up with ideas. You have to be tapping into something that's pure and unconscious in yourself or you'll have no career.” IdeasCareersPureUnconsciousTapping Author:Paul Banks
“The idea of starting a band because of Nirvana and thereby trying to sound like Nirvana is totally not the case.” TryingIdeasSoundCasesBandStarting Author:Paul Banks
“That's for non-musicians to say: "I only listen to this or that type of music." I think musicians love all music, or at least that's my case.” ThinkingCasesTypeMusicianMusician Love Author:Paul Banks
“I don't really get a lot of clarity in my everyday life and my interactions with people. Most things that happen to me aren't very straightforward. They're either vastly confusing, or I realize that I'm inventing whatever meaning I'm deriving from whatever happens and it's filtering through my own indulgent perspective.” PeopleHappensRealizingMy OwnPerspectiveEverydayClarityInteractionEveryday LifeConfusingStraightforwardInventingWhatever Happens Author:Paul Banks
“I perceive everything to be constantly subjective and strange. My version of truth in what I express, it feels like that opaque quality that you're talking about. It's just me being legitimate.” FeelsQualityTalkingStrangeVersionsPerceiveSubjectiveOpaque Author:Paul Banks
“I like putting common expressions next to uncommon expressions. I'm sure in Poetry 101 there is a name for it, but it seems like you usually go one way or the other in rock music.” WaySeemsNextNamesCommonRocksExpressionLike YouOne WayRock MusicUncommon Author:Dan Bejar
“I'm not that conscious of my writing, so pacing the lyrics doesn't really enter the picture.” WritingConsciousPacing Author:Dan Bejar