Robin Pecknold Professions : Singer Born : March 30, 1986 Browse All Authors Top 35 quotes by Robin Pecknold We're going out to play all the places where people might want to see us, because next time we might not just think about hitting every market or how we can make the most money. Robin Pecknold next-time people thinking As far as the music being inspired by Seattle, I think it's in some of the songs. Seattle is a really beautiful place in the right light, it's perched on a pretty unique geographic setting. Robin Pecknold unique song beautiful I love Seattle, but I am definitely excited to be in a new place. Growing up there and then living in an apartment in the city for seven years, I just felt stagnant. Robin Pecknold seven excited growing-up Being in Portland is cool. I have some good friends here and the general feeling might be a little more welcoming. Robin Pecknold welcome good-friend feelings Every time you pick up an instrument, it's not always out of necessity - for a certain kind of person, it's a choice. Robin Pecknold choices kind I've thought about doing a subscription service, where people pre-pay and then we send them 12"s as they're finished, with one song on each side. That would be really fun. But we'll need a significant time off from touring to be able to fulfill that. Robin Pecknold song fun people You want to think about certain styles of music as being reflective of a certain culture or a certain time or a point of view. You don't want it to be just an intellectual exercise. Robin Pecknold intellectual exercise thinking I only write maybe one or two songs every couple of years that I think are good enough to play alone without other stuff happening. Robin Pecknold couple writing song The only thing I think about is doing something where I'm the only person making all the decisions - I think that would be fun to do, just to get it out of my system. And honestly, I kind of got it out of my system when I recorded three songs and put them online. That was enough of a solo experience for me; it scratched that itch. Robin Pecknold song fun thinking I do read the records reviews but more out of curiosity than anything else, I feel like we know what we want to do next time regardless of how this one is received, good or bad, so it won't really make much of a difference, which wasn't the case on the first album, where both the positive and negative criticism or reactions did catch us off guard and inevitably colored the creation of this one. Robin Pecknold curiosity criticism negative The simpler songs are just done when the lyric has been stated; the more complex or band-oriented stuff can go in a million directions. Robin Pecknold done song I'm looking forward to doing things more intuitively in the future, just going with whatever happens and not immediately categorizing it as potentially good or bad or original or whatever. Robin Pecknold looking-forward Sometimes I do get writer's block but it's more of a writer's doubt - I'll try and write but nothing goes anywhere because I start thinking everything sucks. Robin Pecknold block writing thinking I write all the time but often abandon things I don't think will go anywhere. It's rare that I'll labor over writing something that doesn't feel like it will turn into a keeper. Robin Pecknold abandon writing thinking Fleet Foxes will never, ever, under no circumstances, from now until the world chokes on gas fumes, sign to a major label. This includes all subsidiaries or permutations thereunder. Till we die. Robin Pecknold labels foxes world Similar Authors Bert McCracken singer Betty Carter singer Bing Crosby singer Brian Fallon singer Brooke Allison singer Brook Benton singer All Authors