Nostalgic Sound Quotes

I think 'Girlfriend' in particular is definitely one of the songs that is angled towards early 2000s, late '90s, R&B pop and those kinds of songs that were prevalent in that time. I don't think I was conscious of those songs in particular, but I'd say I definitely wanted a song that had that kind of vibe era wise in tone and all the writing.

The sound of the piano is always something that is a real kind of comfort food to me.

My fifth record is, in many ways, inspired by the hugely ambitious progressive pop records that I loved in my youth.

Tame Impala and I love the psychedelia. To me, it sounds like Blind Faith and old bands from back in the freak days. It just hit a nerve to me. I was just really feeling that sound.

I don't know what the vintage Sonic Youth sound is.

I'm a '90s kid, so I went into the entire album process wanting to incorporate little touches of that sound from hip-hop and R&B. Just enough to where you hear it subtly and then go, 'This kind of reminds me of that time.'

I wanted to make an unashamed pop record. I became obsessed with Disney soundtracks from the '50s, so I decided to make my own.

I can hear the youthfulness of my playing on, say, 'Hold The Line.'

What do I think of digital recording? Well, it's all right. But those old thorn needles, now, that was a sound.

I wanted to give 'Droptops' away for free because it doesn't sound like my album. It's way more like a nostalgic Cool Kids sound, but that's me too.

I never want to go back and remix old records, either. If a record sounds shitty, that's just the sound it has. I just take it as part of the music. Some of my favorite bands - their old records sound terrible. But that's just part of the sound. If they were perfect, I'd probably hate them. Same thing with movies.

I like the sound a typewriter makes.

You put an old Misfits record on, and it sounds like it came out yesterday.

Nineties music was what I grew up with, and I want to make music that's soulful but that you can also dance and drive to.

When I was in the studio doing 'Hungry Eyes,' we had to make it an '80s record, but we wanted it to feel like the '60s.

Doo-wop is special music to me because it's so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions.

We all know the sound a camera makes when it snaps a picture. Even some of the digitals do it for nostalgia’s sake.

I think '80s pop music subconsciously informs what I'm doing.