I've always wanted to write a song that goes, "I love you" and a book that goes, "Something happened." Something very direct.
Devendra BanhartAs 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 BanhartGood art doesn't really have an expiration date on it. That's something to be happy about, if you're making art.
Devendra BanhartI've always noticed talking about lyrics is like talking about a duality. It's like a Gemini time every time I talk about one line. Because each line, of course, means different things to different people, millions of interpretations. With me, I always see two sides. I just see things split into two.
Devendra Banhart