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Fervor is a fire that makes things boil and grow hot, just as fire causes water to boil. It is, properly speaking, charity on fire, and that is what you should have because a Daughter without Charity is like a body without a soul.
St. Vincent
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St. Vincent
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: September 28
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Guitarist
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Annie Erin Clark
Anne Erin Annie Clark
Anne Erin Clark
Annie Clark
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A song has a life of its own. It's an autonomous thing, separate from your own experience, almost. And the mere repetition of it means it's subject to change it means approaching it differently, expressing different emotional aspects of it. It doesn't feel like wallowing.
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Charity is the cement that unites communities to God and individuals to each other so that he who contributes to the union of hearts in a community binds it indissolubly to God.
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I only listen to my own music when I'm playing an hour-and-half set each night. I don't put it on recreationally.
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I started playing guitar when I was 12 and probably from that age knew that I wanted to make music and make my own music. Playing with other bands like the Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens was more like an apprenticeship for me than anything.
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I've always been pretty ravenous about pop culture, highbrow and lowbrow.
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I grew up around a lot of various religions, so it's a part of my consciousness in a way. Everything from heavy Catholicism to followers of Indian spiritual masters to Unitarian universalists - all in one family. Though the family aspect was stronger than any particular dogma.
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I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a little room for people to put themselves in it.
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My dad used to love Steely Dan, the Stones, Jethro Tull and all that. There was always Steely Dan going in my dad's car, but I remember The Royal Scam in particular because it has 'Kid Charlemagne' on it.
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Whirlyball is only the most awesome sport on the planet! It's like bumper cars plus lacrosse meets basketball.
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I think a lot of people who want to be musicians terrify their parents because they don't have a living example of it in their families, and I did. So I always knew that it was possible.
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Well, I've been recording myself on a computer since I was about 13 or 14. So it's completely entwined with my creative process. Essentially, it allows you to make music that's better and smarter than you are, by using your ears to lead the way.
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I wish I had a gentle mind and a spine made up of iron.
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I just love playing guitar, so that's what I'm going to do.
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I've been so entwined with technology since I was about 15, recording myself and multitracking and producing things on my own.
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In regards to being a fashion aficionado, there's a certain amount of taking yourself seriously in the professional world. The self-effacing person can't completely go down the serious road. But I design, and love when things are beautiful.
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No matter what others say or do, even if the wicked succeed, do not be troubled: commit everything to God and put your trust in him.
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It's not enough to do good. It must be done well.
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I guess trying to throw my body into the guitar is so natural for me that I don't even know how to explain it. I can't imagine life without it.
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Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members.
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I remember looking at the sky and thinking that the universe is so big and it's all chaos. I call it 'the dark fear.' At any moment, the dark fear could come in.
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