My dad used to love Steely Dan, the Stones, Jethro Tull and all that. There was always Steely Dan going in my dads car, but I remember The Royal Scam in particular because it has Kid Charlemagne on it. – St. Vincent
I remember looking at the sky and thinking that the universe is so big and its all chaos. I call it the dark fear. At any moment, the dark fear could come in. – St. Vincent
In regards to being a fashion aficionado, theres a certain amount of taking yourself seriously in the professional world. The self-effacing person cant completely go down the serious road. But I design, and love when things are beautiful. – St. Vincent
I grew up in Texas and we used to go to Padre Island, eight hours in the car down to the beach. – St. Vincent
I think theres a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but hes also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him. – John Shelton Reed
People and squirrels are very different. Most people will not argue that. But I find that there is one situation in which theyre very similar. And that is: when I am driving towards them in my car. Then theyre kind of hard to tell apart – especially if the human is kind of hairy. – Demetri Martin