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Kevin Parker

Australian Musician

Born: Jan 20, 1986

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At different times in life, I've felt like it's time to say goodbye from some form of myself that's been hanging around for a while - you just feel this urge to move on, like a herd of antelope. They're just standing there in a field eating grass. You feel like that as a person sometimes. Where's it's just time to move on. Kevin Parker

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If someone says, 'Hey man, I love your album, it really got me through a breakup, but I downloaded it for free,' I'll be like, 'Good! That's good!' Maybe he didn't have the money for the album, but if he still listened to it, and it's an important part of his life, that's all I can ask for. I don't want his twenty bucks. Kevin Parker

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It's a lot harder to reach people's hearts than it is to reach people's brains. Kevin Parker

People Reach Lot Brains Than Hearts Harder

In high school, I was an absolute derelict. Kevin Parker

School High High School Absolute Derelict

My brain has a weird way of turning pressure into other things. I make a point to myself of shrugging it off - of going the other way and doing something for myself, wanting to do something better. For example, I know that I could have made 'Lonerism 2.0' in a day, but it wouldn't have satisfied me. Kevin Parker

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I guess I'm not saying that I think music should be free, but I do think that if people can get it for free, there's nothing anyone can do to stop them. It's kind of a waste of energy to try and force them to pay for it if they don't have to. Kevin Parker

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I always manage to keep myself busy. Kevin Parker

Myself Busy Always Manage Keep

What do you call that when you add '-ism' on the end of a word? What is that process? 'Wordism'? Something like that, yeah. Kevin Parker

You Word Add Something Like Call Yeah End Process

My mum was quite poor, and my dad was rich. She didn't dig that, so she left him. Kevin Parker

Rich Dig She Him Left Quite Poor Dad Mum

I was always putting songs on the Internet, but I was never into pushing them on anyone. Kevin Parker

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After my grunge phase, I started opening my horizons and listening to more electronic stuff. I got into Radiohead, specifically 'Amnesiac' - my brother gave me that album. Kevin Parker

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That's how a lot of Tame Impala songs start out - as ideas for songs I could potentially give to someone else. I think of them with a different persona in mind; it's just a subconscious way of not being bound by what you think you are as an artist. Kevin Parker

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When I became a 'rock musician,' I assumed pop music was easy to write and that interesting rock music, or alternative music, was hard. It was only later I realised that writing a pop song is the hardest thing musically. Kevin Parker

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Surely there's a deeper pursuit to music than getting bros to pump their fists in the air. Kevin Parker

Music Pump Air Bros Pursuit Surely Fists Than Getting Deeper

I don't really hear the Beatles when I listen to my own music. Kevin Parker

Music Beatles Own My Own Hear Listen Really

One of the first albums I can remember hearing was a Supertramp best of, with mostly 'Breakfast in America' songs on it. It's kind of the same thing as the Flaming Lips, where there are these really melancholy lyrics and melodies, yet it's extremely uplifting. They're like a nonfuturistic version of the Flaming Lips. Kevin Parker

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Bands can become absolutely huge and actually be pretty terrible musicians, and bands can be the most amazing songwriters and musicians in the world and never play for more than 10 people. With that in mind, getting successful doesn't mean anything. Kevin Parker

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