The best New York in the world is driving down the [Pacific Coast Highway] listening to the Velvet Underground. That's the best time I've ever been to New York.
Devendra BanhartI hate having my photograph taken and I try to keep that in mind when I'm photographing other people. But the best photos that I've taken are the ones when people have forgotten that I'm there. If I'm in a recording studio with a musician, for example, maybe I'm not photographing them in the middle of a take but I can just get that stolen moment of them resting and they glance over to me.
Devendra BanhartI'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 meditate." That's like saying "I eat." Think of all the food there is! And there are almost as many varieties of mediation.
Devendra Banhart