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I didn't want to play music because the whole family did it. I wanted to work in a cubicle. I saw Office Space as a young tween and missed the point of the movie. I was like, This looks good!.

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Mac DeMarco
Age: 34
Born: 1990
Born: April 30
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I mean it was weird. But Phoenix watched us every night. But it's like they're not even a band, they're like a corporation. They bring a staff of like 40 people.
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'Salad Days' refers to a youthful or innocent period. And a lot of people having been asking me already so you jaded? And I'm not, I'm 23. It's me reflecting, I had to re-learn to have fun with music and I had to re-count my blessings.
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I like guitar. It just turned out that it's the instrument I learned to play. I have a lot of respect for it and I'm learning more and more everyday.
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I think recording at home feels more organic, and injects some more personality into the music.
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Patience is important, and also, if you don't want to do it, don't do it. But if you do, do. That's a general rule in how I live my life.
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Going on tour, you don't have a lot of time to mull things over. You're just kind of, Another beer, another show, another song.
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Perfectionist? Thats not something I am.
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I thought I knew Elton John, but then it was like, Woah, Elton's a pimp! He's really amazing. And since Billy and Elton are homies, I'm finally getting it - the two piano boys.
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In Europe, people tend to be very respectful. They try not to make too much noise at inappropriate times. In other countries, people can be very still. Sometimes I'm not sure if a crowd is into it until the end, when they usually want me to do something crazy for the encore.
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I don't have that much experience in the studio, but I'm always really uncomfortable when I'm there. You're on the clock and it costs a lot of money.
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[Juan Wauters] got the tips for Queens because he grew up there.So him and my roommate, Matt Volz, they hooked me up, New York Style.
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Regardless of how funny I want to be, I don't ever have a problem speaking from my heart or speaking honestly to people.
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Neil Young is the prime example, the grand goal, if you will. He's still shredding, and he never lost his credibility.
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With the old dog stuff, maybe the term old is in there, but I'm 26. I'm not that old. It's mostly like, Ah, you dirty old dog! I'm saying it more like that. I'm still ripping. I'm ready to rip. I'll make a bunch more records and have a nice time. We'll see what happens.
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I had a band called the Sound Of Love and that was R&B songs about girls in my high school. I played in some other indie bands who were trying to make it big those sucked. Then I started Makeout Videotape and that was that.
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[Making music] only turned into this weird job in the last year or so. Once I figured that out, I was having a blast.
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I take making music seriously, but you have to have a sense of humor about yourself. I invite people into my life. That's how I do it.
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Once a song comes out, these songs aren't mine. They're everybody's. So there you go.
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I hate living in a really small apartment, living in a shoebox, not being able to play the drums, not having space. It sucks.
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