Gus Dapperton Professions : Musician Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Gus Dapperton I tend not to get too excited and surprised about things. Gus Dapperton about get things excited Every new experience will trigger melodies in my head. Gus Dapperton head new will experience For me, I have trouble working with people just because I sort of have trust issues when it comes to creative endeavors. Gus Dapperton me trust creative people I love the bowl cut. I had it when I was younger, and I decided to go back to it. It seems to fit me. Gus Dapperton back go me love I wear high water pants, always, so you can see my socks - I always wear white socks. Gus Dapperton wear you white water If there is going to be visuals for a song, I want them to be equally as good or better than the song. Gus Dapperton better good want song At some point, I kind of went through this weird existential crisis in high school where I was just really depressed. Gus Dapperton weird high high-school school At first, I was a pretty horrific singer, and then I got a little better. Gus Dapperton singer pretty first better I think my voice isn't that easy to digest. Gus Dapperton i-think think voice easy Some people ask me what instruments I play, but usually I'll just say I'm more of a producer or a composer or songwriter - those are my strongest suits: arranging and composing. Gus Dapperton some-people me suits people When I perform, I wear white Capezio dance shoes. It's more of a superstition, but I only wear them when I perform and when I dance. Gus Dapperton wear shoes dance white I came up with a lot of characters when I was growing up that were just creative outlets, and then, at one point, I came across Gus Dapperton in the back of my head when I was making music. Gus Dapperton back growing-up music creative I went to school for audio engineering, and I was around a lot of sound engineers over the summers in New York, so I'm pretty comfortable in engineering my own stuff. Gus Dapperton new my-own sound school When I first started making music, I was pretty drawn to hip-hop beats wrapped together with super-good lyrics. The most important thing in that is wordplay, so that stayed with me when I started writing songs. Gus Dapperton me music important together A lot of artists have a super-specific musical hero they definitely try to hone in on. I'm basically inspired by everyone. I don't have one particular artist who I'm super-obsessed with. Gus Dapperton everyone try artist hero I'm not really sure what I look for when I'm picking out clothes. Gus Dapperton sure out look clothes I spend a lot of money on shoes and barely any on clothes. Gus Dapperton spend clothes shoes money I grew up producing hip-hop music, actually. I was producing for my friends, who were all rappers in upstate New York, where I'm from. But in the eighth grade, we had this songwriting contest in our school, and I got really excited about it and actually won. After that, I just kept making music forever. Gus Dapperton new friends music school I went through this kind of existential crisis. I was going through a breakup; I tore my ACL and my meniscus and had to have surgery, so I was out of school for a few months. Then my computer crashed, which was, like, my whole life. So when I came out of it, I started making music that, I think, was the most true to me. Gus Dapperton me music life school I would say that my music is surreal, it's inspired by dreams, and it's inspired by heartbreak. Gus Dapperton say dreams heartbreak music Similar Authors Adam Jones musician Izzy Stradlin musician Bon Scott musician Brad Delp musician Brad Delson musician Brian Eno musician All Authors
