"If I'm going to make music and put my heart and soul into this and dedicate my whole life to it, I want to be making something that 15, 20, 30 years from now, somebody is listening to and that is a staple of the time it came out."
"Some people are really into being music-minded and knowing all their scales and how to read music and speak the language."
Source: Don't Call It a Rip-Off. Pitchfork Interview, pitchfork.com.
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Blake Judd
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