I started classical piano when I was eight, but I wasn't a virtuoso. I just really liked it.

Julia Holter

Categorized in : Just Started Really Piano

Amidst all the internal and external babble we experience daily, it's hard to find one's foundation.

daily find foundation experience

I don't often meet with strangers and feel okay about collaborating with them.

strangers meet feel okay

I listen to the timbre of the music, and I fit my voice to blend with that timbre.

blend listen music voice

I played cello on my early recordings, but that doesn't mean I'm a cellist, you know?

early know you mean

It's nice to work with people who know how to mic drums right and how to record properly. But there's something to be said for doing it yourself.

yourself nice work people

I grew up watching 'Gigi.' My grandmother had it, and I watched it there.

had watching up grandmother

I think of each record as different and not having very much in common with what went before or what comes next.

i-think think next different

I'm happy that I worked alone on 'Tragedy,' but it's obvious that I was trying to create something much bigger than I could do on my own.

alone own my-own happy

I usually work in a room which is totally cluttered with my mess, and there's stuff everywhere, and it's kind of chaotic because I am a very messy person. I could totally write in a pristine environment, but it would mean I would have to be at someone else's house.

i-am someone house work

I often find that I like the vibe of not having technology around me.

find like me technology

When I was a kid, I had a xylophone, and I thought that was the instrument I wanted to play. I didn't realize it was a toy.

realize thought kid play

I see myself as a songwriter and a poet.

i-see see myself poet

What was special about Leonard Cohen's work was its calm mystery.

calm mystery special work

I love '80s beats; everyone does.

does everyone beats love

You don't have to know about 'Hippolytus' to listen to 'Tragedy.'

listen know you tragedy

One thing I do like about L.A. is the fact that you can be - whether you're famous or it's just a matter of, like, seeing people you know all the time on the street, you can be pretty anonymous and walk around and, like, not run into people, because it's such a big city and because a lot of people drive.

walk you time people

I'm inspired by nonmusical things a lot, whether it's a film or a book or whatever.

whatever things inspired book

No one recognises me on the street, ever.

recognises ever street me

You can have an Internet presence, but it doesn't mean anyone has any idea who you are or what you look like. Which is great.

great look you internet

I don't like to talk too much about my music; I like people to just experience it and not worry what I have to say.

experience music worry people