My dad is a lawyer and my mom is an artist. So growing up was exactly what it sounds like - strict household but a lot of creativity. They are so psyched that I get to make music for a living. My parents rule. Ty Segall More Quotes by Ty Segall More Quotes From Ty Segall I was sick of fast, aggressive music; I felt like I needed to make a poppy thing. But, right now, I feel like I need to make a Hawkwind/Sabbath record. It gets boring if you just do the same thing all the time. Ty Segall poppies sick needs Trying to say something is all you got in life. Ty Segall trying All these kids who are growing up on Skrillex and all this digital music- what are they gonna think when they hear rock'n'roll? Ty Segall growing-up kids thinking If you'd have asked me two years ago, I'd have been like "No, anything and everything. Go for it." Now, I want to focus on doing the best I can each time. But I think it's hard for me to only put out one record a year. Because I get too antsy. But it's good I'm learning to do that, because each record counts. And you should make it count. Ty Segall focus thinking Some of the best records are the ones that really affect you the most - they're pure emotion and energy, and it's like you're in that person's brain. It's pretty cool. Ty Segall records energy brain Everyone uses noise as a crutch sometimes - I've totally done it. But when you make a good-sounding record there's nothing there but you. Ty Segall records done use There's nothing harder than making a mellow, clean record. It's really scary. I can see why people would never want to do it. Ty Segall records scary people "Beach." It's a very loose term now. Pretty widely used term. And that's awesome, but I guess my California experience is different from a lot of people's interpretations, and I think maybe I just wanted to put my spin on it. Ty Segall different beach thinking I don't think I'm the best lyricist; it's hard for me to express feelings through words. Ty Segall lyricists feelings thinking The next album I make might be the most messed up thing ever. It's all momentary for me. Ty Segall next albums might What excites me is the idea of doing a record that's pretty clean and focused on songs. I've rushed a lot with previous albums and there's not a rush now - it's not a race. Ty Segall race song ideas I do believe in the myth of San Francisco and there is a force, a magical kind of thing there. That feeling of like, I've never been to another place like it. It doesn't even feel Californian. Even how it's laid out physically, it's very strange. Like, the weather patterns don't make sense. They do scientifically, but in a practical way it doesn't make any sense. And that weirdness, it really creates some weird thing in the air. But it is you know, on a practical level, it's very expensive, and it's a very business-oriented place, too, and there's a lot of that stuff going on. Ty Segall strange feelings believe I'm a pretty young person, but I think you need a little life experience to actually say something. Ty Segall littles needs thinking I really like to think of each record as its own thing. So, for sure, but I hate the idea of being stuck in anything. Like I want to do a Hawkwind-style record too, or a noise rock record or a hardcore record. Why not, you know? I would just not want to keep heading too far in one direction, without pulling off and going the other way. That is what is fun for me. Ty Segall hate fun thinking The idea of 'Freedom's Goblin,' to me, leads to a wild conversation. I would hope that father and son, driving home from the record store, could have a conversation about what that title means. Because to me, it's the duality of being free: the evil and the good, and how it's a constant paradox. Ty Segall good me freedom hope A good record transports you to another place. Ty Segall place good you another I like thrash metal and black metal, stuff like that. Ty Segall metal like black stuff A collaboration, you have to collaborate, meet in the middle, yield to the other collaborator, and that's a wonderful thing. Ty Segall meet you collaboration wonderful A CCR Headcleaner show will blow your mind. Ty Segall show your will mind My favorite records are, like, The Pretty Things' 'Parachute' and 'S.F. Sorrow' and The Mothers of Invention's 'We're Only in It for the Money' and The Kinks' 'Village Green Preservation Society' - these records that have a story - even if it's not a literal story - because of how they're sequenced and flow. It's like a novel with sound. Ty Segall village green society money
