I've never done an album in the same place really - I like to be able to remember where I did every single one of them . Mac DeMarco More Quotes by Mac DeMarco More Quotes From Mac DeMarco I'm just being myself. I'm not a very complex guy; I'm not a very studious, crazy intellectual guy. I'm just a guy. Mac DeMarco guy crazy intellectual Everybody's a multifaceted, emotional, living being, I think. Sometimes it's fun to goof around, sometimes you've got to think about things, sometimes you've got to be strange, and then you've got to be jiggly. That's just what being a human's all about. Mac DeMarco emotional fun thinking Patience is important, and also, if you don't want to do it, don't do it. But if you do, do. That's a general rule in how I live my life. Mac DeMarco living-my-life important want When you're growing up, you just take what you've got. Mac DeMarco growing-up Regardless of how funny I want to be, I don't ever have a problem speaking from my heart or speaking honestly to people. Mac DeMarco want heart people Perfectionist? Thats not something I am. Mac DeMarco perfectionist I was having a good time before, but you grow up after a couple years and realize, "I can't get drunk like this every night." Things change. Mac DeMarco growing-up couple night I mean, Lady Gaga is trying to be a freak or whatever but that quality of being very meaningly and heartfelt, but also having a sense of humor about it, bands don't do that anymore. Lady Gaga's songs are cheesy. The Beatles weren't cheesy. That's the hardest thing with music: to not be cheesy, but also be meaningful. That's the goal, I think. Mac DeMarco song meaningful thinking You know, when your poisoning your body night after night after night, you end up chipping a couple years off your life. I've always wanted to be able to do this and now that I am, it's hard to complain. Mac DeMarco couple night years In Europe, people tend to be very respectful. They try not to make too much noise at inappropriate times. In other countries, people can be very still. Sometimes I'm not sure if a crowd is into it until the end, when they usually want me to do something crazy for the encore. Mac DeMarco crazy europe country Once a song comes out, these songs aren't mine. They're everybody's. So there you go. Mac DeMarco mines song I have a lot of friends that I'd like to shout out but I don't think anyone will know who they are. Mac DeMarco shout-out lots-of-friends thinking The songs that I'm able to write are the songs I'm able to write, whatever they may be. The path I've cut for myself is pop music - love-y pop music. That's what I enjoy doing. And I don't think I'm going to get sick of it anytime soon. Mac DeMarco cutting writing song The time came around where the label was like, "Well, if you want something to come out in early 2017, it's going to have to be done by, like, so-and-so." So I plucked some of the old songs and wrote some new ones. Everybody keeps asking me, "Is this your L.A. record?" I was doing songs in a bedroom in New York, I was doing it in a bedroom in L.A. The only difference is when I look out the window, there's palm trees instead of snow. Mac DeMarco tree song snow I take making music seriously, but you have to have a sense of humor about yourself. I invite people into my life. That's how I do it. Mac DeMarco sense-of-humor about-yourself people 'Salad Days' refers to a youthful or innocent period. And a lot of people having been asking me already so you jaded? And I'm not, I'm 23. It's me reflecting, I had to re-learn to have fun with music and I had to re-count my blessings. Mac DeMarco blessing fun people Journalists say my music is "blue wave," or "dreamy," or "jangly-slacker jewel," and none of it really makes sense to me. Mac DeMarco wave jewels blue I don't have that much experience in the studio, but I'm always really uncomfortable when I'm there. You're on the clock and it costs a lot of money. Mac DeMarco uncomfortable clock cost I think people do expect something a little weird to happen. Maybe they've seen something I did once on the Internet and expect that I'm gonna do that every night. Mac DeMarco night people thinking I like guitar. It just turned out that it's the instrument I learned to play. I have a lot of respect for it and I'm learning more and more everyday. Mac DeMarco guitar everyday play
