Devendra Banhart

Devendra Banhart

30-May-1981


Venezuela


Musician

QUOTES BY Devendra Banhart


Well I am a Gemini.

If you're ever wondering what to wear, just dress like a pumpkin, you're good to go.

I've always thought it'd be nice to be seaweed, kind of just floating about.

Well, love is a difficult thing to hold on to. It's a slippery little beast. It will hold you and then it will elude you at any moment.

Of all my childhood books, 'The Giving Tree and Hope for the Flowers' really did change my early world, but after reading 'Momo' in my 30s, I thought, Ahhhhhh, this is the one book I wish I had read as a kid! Then reread at every subsequent chapter of my life.

It's all about sensitivity. If you have sensitivity then mysticism will be part of your life.

My interested in Brazilian music stemmed from wanting to find a musical identity other than the salsa and meringue that I was inundated with in Venezuela as a child.

Generally, I can't really do much without music playing - even writing or thinking. Peace and quiet means putting on a song.

My gadabout days are over.

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