I'm looking forward to doing things more intuitively in the future, just going with whatever happens and not immediately categorizing it as potentially good or bad or original or whatever.
Robin PecknoldI only write maybe one or two songs every couple of years that I think are good enough to play alone without other stuff happening.
Robin PecknoldThe simpler songs are just done when the lyric has been stated; the more complex or band-oriented stuff can go in a million directions.
Robin PecknoldI've been listening to a lot of John Coltrane. I don't know if that would or wouldn't surprise anybody. I go through different phases - sometimes I want to listen to music that's just pummeling.
Robin PecknoldI write all the time but often abandon things I don't think will go anywhere. It's rare that I'll labor over writing something that doesn't feel like it will turn into a keeper.
Robin PecknoldThe only thing I think about is doing something where I'm the only person making all the decisions - I think that would be fun to do, just to get it out of my system. And honestly, I kind of got it out of my system when I recorded three songs and put them online. That was enough of a solo experience for me; it scratched that itch.
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