Win Butler Quotes

I love the history of popular music. I love to know what people are listening to, even if I don't like it.

I don't keep up with music.

I feel like I'm a product of this generation where everybody listens to charts with diverse music.

I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.

Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life.

I was born at the beginning of rock and roll. I got to experience the entire evolution of popular rock and roll music even before it started.

I think I skipped a lot of music, like when I was 17 or 18. I didn't know about a lot of new bands because I was so immersed in older music.

I listened to a lot of bands that were happening at the time, but no one in particular.

I pursue what I think is the most trendy music at the moment.

When we started, there were no other distractions like the Internet and video games, so music was central to young people's lives.

They say the music you listen to in your formative years stays with you and leaves an impression for the rest of your life. For me, the things that I fell in love with happened in the '70s, when artists were nurtured by record companies and it wasn't about singles.

It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.

I wouldn't know any newer bands. We're past the pimple stage.

I'm just out of touch with new music in general, and I only know about it if I'm hanging out with someone that knows about it, or I catch it on YouTube.

Music changes every three months. There's always new artists coming out. There's always new sounds. There is always a new hit coming out. You gotta stay relevant as much as you can and feed your fans as much as you can.

I think music should be experienced by people all ages.

Music is always going to be only as sophisticated as the culture that consumes it.

I just don't get that new hot music. I don't know anything about all these groups like U2.

On an average day, I spend 12 hours listening to music. Very little writing.

In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so.

I always go for 'SPIN' magazine because I'm such a music buff.

I love listening to new stuff, at home in LA I always have the radio on to hear what is happening.

People's musical tastes are fickle, and music can be a fashion.

I consume music the way other people consume movies.

I feel like good music comes and goes in waves.