“If I crave a frequency in the mid, I'll just drag in a sound and try to mold it into what feels right. It happens very quickly. And if I've been making a piece of music for five hours and it sucks, I'll just throw it away.” IfsFeelsTryingHappensSoundHoursFivePiecesDragCraveFrequencyMoldFeels Right Author:Arca
“There has to be an entry point to learn about myself, or an idea I've never tried, because then I can try on a new skin and see the world through a different perspective. If I have that spark, then I'll save the file.” IfsWorldTryingI CanIdeasDifferentPerspectiveSkinsSparksFilesEntryDifferent Perspective Author:Arca
“I do love the idea that something can make you forget that you're listening and just transport you to somewhere else in your head.” IdeasForgetListeningSomewhere ElseTransport Author:Arca
“Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.” FunCostBirthday50th BirthdayInsurance Agent Author:Kin Hubbard
“I try to have things change before I get bored, and I figure other people might enjoy that too; I try not to let anything repeat for long enough that you can get used to it.” PeopleTryingLongEnoughMightUsedEnjoyFiguresBoredRepeatsThings Change Author:Arca
“You become more animalistic when you don't know what's coming next - you have to be on guard, but at the same time you're also more receptive.” KnowsNextReceptiveAnimalistic Author:Arca
“Something I keep coming back to in my music is the tension between two extremes: healing and chaos, hope and anxiety - these big themes are inside us, flickering, all day.” TwoBigsHealingAnxietyMusic IsChaosExtremesTensionThemeComing BackTwo Extremes Author:Arca
“You might be raised as a boy in a very conservative environment and then somehow, at some point, there was a side of me that felt really powerful and sensual in a way that was more feminine. For me, it's not about living my life as a boy or a girl - but I'm also not trans - it's just that one day you wake up feeling masculine, and one day you wake up feeling feminine. The flickering in between those two states is what's most fertile for me.” WayTwoStatesFeelingsMightGirlFeltSidesPowerfulBoysEnvironmentOne DayWake UpRaisedConservativeSensualFeminineLiving My LifeMasculineTransFertileReally Powerful Author:Arca
“It's very human to try to put things into boxes, and it's hard for us to reconcile with grey areas, and yet somehow that's the area I find the most poetic, the juiciest.” TryingHumansHardAreasBoxesPoeticGreyReconcileGrey Areas Author:Arca
“I had an unspoken treaty with myself to never lie in my lyrics, so, for a long time, when I wrote love songs, I would use genderless pronouns, like "dear" and "darling" - like some kind of granny!” KindLongUseLyingSongLong TimeDearDarlingTreatiesUnspokenNever LieGrannyPronouns Author:Arca