Devendra Banhart Quotes & Sayings

I cannot wait for all the mistakes we have yet to make — Devendra Banhart

People want to be successful, and they want to be acknowledged for what they do. Sometimes they make really great art and aren't. Historically, the best artists weren't. But their work survived. — Devendra Banhart

I get to swim in the ocean every single day, which is a very, very important thing to do to stay connected. — Devendra Banhart

I've always wanted to write a song that goes, "I love you" and a book that goes, "Something happened." Something very direct. — Devendra Banhart

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. — Devendra Banhart

As anthropomorphic and surreal people have said my early writing was, to me it was really stock and almost banal in the sense that it was just description, the poetry of comparing: "Your feet are like A, and your eyes like B." — Devendra Banhart

I heard somebody say that the war ended today, but everybody knows it's going still. — Devendra Banhart

You have to collaborate with the moment and the environment. It kind of was magnified by the house being a studio. — Devendra Banhart

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 — Devendra Banhart

I see so many little boys I wanna marry, I see plenty little kids I've yet to have. — Devendra Banhart

It only takes one profound experience to change somebody's life. — Devendra Banhart

Cripple crow say something for our grieving, where do we go once we start leaving. Well close that wound or else keep on bleeding and change your tune, it's got no meaning. — Devendra Banhart

Of course, before the internet people found records, too. You can still do it. It's just that people like to make the least amount of effort as possible. — Devendra Banhart

Good art doesn't really have an expiration date on it. That's something to be happy about, if you're making art. — Devendra Banhart

Trying to find comfort in perpetual discomfort has been my life's work. — Devendra Banhart

There are plenty of things in vaults that didn't sell in its time. So much stuff. But slowly these companies start to get a hint that these things have some value. — Devendra Banhart

I didn't want to make a record that was just guitar and voice, that was just the technology available to me. At the time, I remember thinking, "I am making a Faust album." That didn't translate. — Devendra Banhart

Some people like to say serendipitous. I like to say magical. — Devendra Banhart

There are so many bad songs that have incredible videos. It's pretty amazing, actually. The power of putting images to music is hypnotizing. It's a real power. That's a realm that I've failed at completely. — Devendra Banhart

Now if I lived in my land, which I do, if I lived in Iceland, if I lived in Greensland I'd still have Chinese children, but out of my ears my little grey baby hears. — Devendra Banhart

Now everybody knows about this thing that's my secret. It was my thing, the music I turned to when I was alone and needed it. It's what helps me get through these times. It's just between me and music, and now it's been shared with the world. — Devendra Banhart

I'm one of those people that if you're told that if you put your hand in the fire, you'll burn your hand, I won't listen. — Devendra Banhart

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

I do think that music videos have a huge impact on the way you listen to music. — Devendra Banhart

Having friends who are records nerds - that's the best thing you can do, have a record-geek friend to take you far. — Devendra Banhart