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You've got to be in a place where you can put your guard down. I've got a long list of things I consider to be selling out. But amongst that list, one of them is when you make art without putting your guard down.
Devendra Banhart
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Devendra Banhart
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: May 30
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I always wanted to move to New York because of the Velvet Underground, because of the picture that they painted of New York City.
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I've always noticed talking about lyrics is like talking about a duality. It's like a Gemini time every time I talk about one line. Because each line, of course, means different things to different people, millions of interpretations. With me, I always see two sides. I just see things split into two.
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I meditate. That's like saying I eat. Think of all the food there is! And there are almost as many varieties of mediation.
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If you have sensitivity then mysticism will be part of your life. It's a very beautiful thing and a very real thing but it's not something to not take seriously and it's not something to take seriously.
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And because my teeth don't bite, I can take them out dancing I can take my little teeth out and show them a real good time
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I like California a lot. There's a lot of space, but it's actually the most populated place in the nation.
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I think five percent of all songs can be love songs, and another five percent can be miscellaneous or political, but the rest should just be about medieval feminists.
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