I always dreamed of going out to space. The idea of going to a planet where nobody's ever been is attractive to me, it just suits my nature.
Panda BearEven though there's stuff that I really like that is just a retro sort of style or whatever, I feel like what I'm most excited by is new mixes of things.
Panda BearI feel like in a conversation if things get said and then repeated, it sort of becomes inherently part of the narrative whether you want it to be or not.
Panda BearDoesn't every band sort of appropriate their influences into what they do? I guess that would be my defence: if you're making something, you kinda can't help being a conduit for other things.
Panda BearDrugs don't have to be a part of that to me, so if somebody says - your music takes me to that sort of place - then I'm really psyched.
Panda BearI guess I feel like; if you're doing something and people are accusing you of appropriating something like that so obviously, then I would feel like I've failed as a creative person. It's just like stealing something and doing some sort of slight alteration to it - I'd feel like I'm not doing my job as a musician, or as a creative person - if it's just obvious like that.
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