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The inspiration to write a song comes to me when something has happened to me more than once. If it's happened to me more than once, it's probably happened to other people. Kevin Parker
Me People Song Other Once Something More Inspiration Write Than Happened
Listening to my dad playing guitar along to 'Sleepwalk' by the Shadows was probably the first time I discovered emotion in music. Kevin Parker
Music Time Guitar Listening First Shadows Emotion Along First Time Discovered Dad Playing
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
Me Listening Gave Brother Horizons More Stuff Opening Got After Electronic Radiohead Specifically Phase Started Album Grunge
I've always been of the idea that is doesn't really matter where you are geographically - with 'Lonerism,' we made half the album in Australia, half the album in Paris. Kevin Parker
You Matter Made Half Paris Idea Always Been Australia Where Really Album
In the end, for me, music is such an internal thing that to let the outside world influence would be against my modus operandi. Kevin Parker
Music Me World Would Would-Be Outside Outside World End Influence In The End Against Internal Thing
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
You Mind Subconscious Think Else Way Out Someone Give Potentially Could Songs Bound Ideas Tame How Lot Persona Artist Just Being Different Them Start
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
Music Song Writing Assumed Later Musically Musician Easy Only Write Alternative Became Rock Rock Music The Hardest Thing Realised Interesting Pop Pop Music Pop Song Hard Hardest Hardest Thing Thing
It's kind of always been a secret fantasy of mine, the idea of writing a song and then not having to be the face of it. Kevin Parker
Song Writing Face Secret Mine Kind Having Idea Always Been Fantasy Then
There's so many people doing interesting things with the Internet and technology, there could be so many ways of making music and listening to it. Kevin Parker
Music Technology People Listening Internet Ways Could Making Doing So Many People Interesting Interesting Things Many Things
For 'Lonerism,' I really wanted make a non-psychedelic record. That's why the dominant instrument is the synthesiser, but maybe it didn't quite turn out that way. Kevin Parker
Way Out Record Instrument Make Dominant Quite Maybe Wanted Turn Really Why
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
Best Remember First Same Thing Breakfast Lyrics Melancholy Extremely Melodies Kind Songs Like Mostly Hearing Version America Lips Same Uplifting Flaming Where Really Thing Albums
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
Musicians People World Amazing Mind Become Pretty More Absolutely Never Songwriters Most Most Amazing Terrible Huge Than Bands Getting Anything Mean Successful Play Actually
For me, I'm just too bad at remembering the details of lengths of parts of songs, so if we had backing tracks, it would be a recipe for disaster. Kevin Parker
Me Too Recipe Backing Bad Would Would-Be Details Had Songs Remembering Disaster Tracks Parts Just
I feel like music will be free sooner or later, and I think I'm all for it. Kevin Parker
Music Will Free Think Later Feel Sooner Sooner Or Later Like
In the end, I'm lucky enough to travel the world and make albums and not have to worry about not having a job. Kevin Parker
Travel World Job Enough Worry About Having Make End In The End Lucky Albums
I write songs every day, but I don't necessarily get to record them. Kevin Parker
Day Every Day Every Record Write Songs Get Them Necessarily
I just record whenever I can, whenever I'm home, whenever I have access to something that can make music. Kevin Parker
Music Home Record Something Make Access Just Whenever
I'm always working on new music. Kevin Parker
Music New Always New Music Working
I had this weird fetish for making the guitar sound like it wasn't a guitar to try and trick people into actually thinking it was a keyboard. I don't know why that was such an obsession, why I didn't just get a keyboard. I guess it was because I had no money. Kevin Parker
People Money Guitar Try Thinking Keyboard Guess Trick Had Weird Obsession Like Know Because Making Sound Fetish Get Just Why Actually
I write songs every day, but only a few of them get finished. Kevin Parker
Day Every Day Finished Few Every Only Write Songs Get Them
I've always liked pop music. I love what it does to my brain, and I've shut it out for a long time. Kevin Parker
Love Music Time Long Long Time Out Liked Does Always Brain Pop Pop Music Shut
It's largely a misconception that Tame Impala is a band. We play as a band on stage, but it's really not how it is at all on the album. The album is just me. Kevin Parker
Me Band Stage Misconception Tame How Just Really Largely Play Album
Tame Impala has two lives. One is the album, which is like a producer, and the other life is like a band: more of a live incarnation where we're basically a covers band for the albums that I produce. Kevin Parker
Life Band Live Other More Like Tame Covers Where Which Produce Producer Incarnation Lives Album Albums Basically Two
If I'm recording a song, and it's kind of fuzzed out, but I've got this super candy melody, I feel nothing but freedom that I can just sing over the top, and it will be appreciated. It won't be like, 'What is he doing?' Kevin Parker
Freedom Song Will Recording Nothing Top Melody Out Kind Super He Feel Over Over-The-Top Like Sing Got Doing Just Candy Appreciated
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