Andrew VanWyngarden Quotes & Sayings

I have a bad habit of picking up books about drugs, but that's better than having a drug habit, I think. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I don't think it's necessary to worry too much about being authentic. I think a picture taken on an iPhone and then filtered through something to make it look like it was taken on a Super 8 camera can be just as authentic as something taken on a Super 8 camera, if it's capturing something real or beautiful. — Andrew VanWyngarden

Here's what I think. I think that a lot of days, for me recently, it's like every split second the whole universe is created and destroyed. It's like constantly collapsing and reforming. And I think a lot of people feel that. I think that love is the answer and that's the only thing that matters. — Andrew VanWyngarden

FACT!: I wanna live in a castle. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I think things like YouTube and Twitter are really cool and really good in some ways, but the fact that the news is cutting to a YouTube clip on national TV, I think is really weird. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I'm proud of the lyrics because I take a lot of care in writing them. I try to make it so people will want to go in and get really into the lyrics. I hope there are different corners to them, with lots of levels-without sounding pretentious. — Andrew VanWyngarden

Usually when I write lyrics I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of other stuff. Some of my favourite lyricists are like Lou Reed, kind of the classics - Bob Dylan and stuff like that. — Andrew VanWyngarden

If you're conscious you must be depressed, or at least cynical. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I don't feel too comfortable talking about politics and media as I feel like I don't sound too smart. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I think that especially in the U.S. there's this kind of sensationalizing of news - and making it almost like CNN and stuff are entertainment networks. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I don't think it is too good especially with music to worry about authenticity, it can get in the way of doing something which comes naturally from your own head which is the most authentic thing [of all]. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I would like, stare at my salad, and that was like really the first time I ever really had like flashes of the whole world like falling apart of collapsing. Like, the salad just didn't make any sense at all, if that makes any sense. Like, 'what the hell is happening, why is there like, little pieces of plants on a plate? Like, what is going on?' and it's like this little moments when like nothing makes any sense at all."
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We like being ridiculous and I think that's lost on a lot of people, or they think we're coming from this super serious angle, and that's too bad, really. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I have the same birthday as George Washington. No I don't. I don't even know who George Washington is. — Andrew VanWyngarden

I think that love is just as important and prevalent and real as it ever was. — Andrew VanWyngarden