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After I wake up, I always meditate.
I've got a studio at home, and I'm always recording.
We wanted 'At Dawn' to be what it was: kinda spaced-out.
The first two My Morning Jacket records were basically demos.
I think probably the first time I recorded anything was mid-2010.
Fleet Foxes are a really talented band. They make beautiful music.
The songs always tell you something, but always for different reasons.
I think that live music is something that the Internet can never kill.
Reading is one of the greatest forms of magic available to us on the planet.
You want to make a record that stands the test of time and that people enjoy.
People always want reasons for things ... but sometimes there are no reasons.
I think anyone who knows the audio process knows what mixing and mastering is.
Don't let your silly dreams fall in between the crack of the bed and the wall.
I don't think about taking risks anymore because there aren't any risks to take.
I listened to 'En la Ceremony' and had always wished it had some flamenco guitar.
One thing I've learned is that the best thing a producer can do is help you be you.
Preservation Hall is the sound of joy. When they start playing, people start moving.
I think we're going to look back on the Internet in 50 to 100 years as a big mistake.
We should always be trying to tear down the walls and say, 'I'm no different than you.'
I really believe in not compromising your art. I feel like I've never compromised my art.
When you think about climate change, that means that we won't have an Earth to be lonely on.
Somebody brought up the idea of reissuing 'Tribute To 1' because it was out of print on vinyl.
The whole Jacket thing is so much about us playing together and creating this circle of power.
For a lot of people, life's been pretty good. There hasn't been true terror right in your face.
That's the bulk of my lyrical output - being confused and trying to find answers to my confusion.
I love the thrill of putting on a record and feeling like you got the wrong one from the factory.
I love hearing old Bob Marley recordings that he did before he made the versions everybody knows.
I heard the Abbey Lincoln song 'The World is Falling Down,' and it just resonated with me so deeply.
The gospel funk soul era, that's what I'm obsessed with - pretty much all the '70s through early '80s.
When people are recording, and they're like, 'I want to get the drum sound of the Beatles,' I hate that.
I've never stared out at the ocean while I've made a record before - that enhances things in a strange way.
I just think meditation is so important because it gives you a chance to see what's going on in your brain.
I like to be productive - it's very hard for me to go on vacation because I just feel like I'm losing time.
I think reading is one of the greatest forms of magic available to us on the planet. Reading is so important.
There's so much chaos and trouble in the world right now, and we need to broadcast as much peace and love, too.
If you're reissuing something, it's important to have demos and everything else from that time that wasn't used.
It's a joy, the process itself, even instrumentally, playing and constructing music. It's just so beautiful to me.
I love playing music with people, but I also just love the art and meditation of being alone and working on stuff.
Lou Reed's spirit and the way he did things was so important. Him and his music mean so much to me as the years go by.
I think one's musical life should be free and open to new experience in order to keep expanding your mind and horizons.
I feel like everybody's got their health issues and their battles, and yeah, mine go up and down. It's never really over.
Once all the power goes out, there will still be human beings standing together around a campfire, playing acoustic guitars.
You can drive at 16, go to war at 18, drink at 21, and retire at 65. So who can say what age you have to be to find your true love?
I exercise all the time, every morning, and then I do music in the afternoon. I walk two to three miles a day and do Pilates twice a week.
Fashion is one of the most beautiful forms of art we have. It's a form of art that every person gets to possess and create for themselves.
I grew up on, and kind of came of age, during the grunge movement and was introduced to Neil Young and Bob Dylan and grew up on that path.
I feel like I've paid a really heavy cost, a really heavy physical health cost, for the years of touring and how physical I've been onstage.
Some things cannot be explained. This is part of the magic of life. There cannot be a word or an idea or a definition attached to everything.
I feel like the 'Supernova' record, those songs are very me. It's a more honest representation of me than any record I have made prior to that.
Ever since I got back surgery, everything in my life has been about reduction. I've got the lightest backpack I can carry and the lightest MacBook.