Devendra Banhart Quotes

I cannot live or write without music. It stimulates the normally dormant parts of my brain that come in handy when constructing fiction.

The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It's just a great motivator, a way to put myself in the mood.

Around me, there's always music playing. It just calms me down; it soothes me. It helps me write. It helps me with my mood.

Music - which I could never listen to while writing before I had children - became essential to my process.

I can't write a line without music - it provides just the right amount of distraction to keep me focused. Clearly, I still miss the noisy roommates.

Music has the ability to comfort people.

I'm much calmer when there's no TV or music playing in the background.

After my tour I had time to stay at home, be with my boyfriend and hang out with friends and that brought me down to earth and helped me write music from a more relaxed place.

Live music is healthy.

As for what I listen to after writing, it could be anything - but I've noticed that if the current book contains music from one tradition, it is music from another tradition that most relaxes me.

I can't work without music.

Maybe I'll put my iPod in two minutes before. But truly, I've listened to actors say that they loved to listen to music before a shot, and I really understand that now because it puts you in the mood and gives you energy.

I always have music playing in my studio when I design. It really gets me in the mood and allows me to focus.

Music is the medicine of the mind.

I like music to soothe me.

Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood.

Times of my life, brief periods without music, have completely felt dangerously over the edge.

When I'm alone, I work sometimes with music, sometimes without and sometimes just listening to NPR.

When I'm in heavy-duty writing mode, there's something great about reading a series. Soothing, but not distracting too much.

I have to have music on when writing, or else the silence swallows me whole.

Music should be made to make people forget their problems, if only for a short while.

For me, you can put on something by Bach, and I'll feel better.

Music helps me immeasurably in the writing process.

I love music - it's soothing and takes away from all the other stuff.

I need music while taking a bath. I need it in the car.