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“I don't have a computer, but when I get access to one, I'm always looking myself up on Google, because it's exciting.”

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Willis Earl Beal is an American independent musician known for his unique sound and creative style. His music blends elements of soul, funk, rock, and folk, and has gained widespread recognition in the indie music scene since the early 2010s. more

“It's a very teenage idea - this idea that thought is ruined when we give over to television shows and glossy magazines and what they are telling us to do. The alternative, I believe, in is pitiless censorship. Because we owe each other the best effort we can to see one another without that mediation.”

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Author:John Maus

“Regardless of anything, my dad wants me to "get that piece of paper!" - degree over everything.”

Want Pieces Dad Degrees Paper My Dad Want Me

Author:Joey Badass

“People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that I'm a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I am. I think it's a case of an absolute romantic naivety that there should be a parallel between the work and the artist.”

People Thinking Should Writing Artist Dark Cases Absolutes Parallels Gloomy Jolly Chaps Naivety

Author:Michael Haneke

“People tend to believe that I want to make soul music, which is not entirely untrue but, really, I want to be like the black Tom Waits - I don't want to make one kind of sound.”

People Want Believe Kind Soul Waiting Sound Black Toms Untrue Music Soul

Author:Willis Earl Beal

“My parents are both definitely supportive of my career.They are both big fans of rap. They are really what influenced me.”

Bigs Parent Careers Fans Rap Supportive

Author:Joey Badass

“Frank Sinatra's never been handsome, but he's one of my favorite singers. Who needs looks when you have a voice and power?”

Needs Looks Voice My Favorite Singers Frank Handsome Favorite Singer

Author:Will Oldham

“At the same time, you don't want to be blindsided at some point because you've taken too much comfort from knowing nothing. So you try to keep a little store of practical knowledge. At a certain point you have to pretend that something is true in order to have a relationship with the world.”

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Author:Will Oldham

“A record is something that isn't real or true. It's like cinema. It's a construction of something hyper-real and surreal and unreal all at the same time. You make a space that doesn't really exist. One of the big joys of being in this line of work is building the recorded versions of the songs.”

Real Bigs Joy Song Lines Space Records Building Versions Cinema Construction Surreal Unreal Hyper

Author:Will Oldham

“For a long time I've walked through this world with the desire, like in Rear Window, to look into other people's lives because I know that there is a way in which I am the same as so many of the strangers that I see.”

People Knows World Way Looks Long Desire This World Long Time Window Stranger Rear Window

Author:Will Oldham

“My hope has always been that each record could have its own audience. Of course, it's awesome to have a cumulative audience for more than one record, but I like the idea that there could be a record that an individual might like.”

Ideas Might Courses Individual Audience Records Cumulative

Author:Will Oldham

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