St. Vincent Quotes

I was a lusty kid who loved Tennessee Williams.

I have a great band. Oh, man. I'm so happy about them.

Let us love God my brothers, let us love God. But let it be with the strength of our arms and the sweat of our brow.

I'm unqualified to do anything other than music.

I've been watching a lot of Joan Didion interviews on YouTube. I love her. My drummer has gotten me into looking at Terence McKenna interviews.

In a really great way, you simultaneously try to take up as little and as much space as possible.

I grew up in Texas and we used to go to Padre Island, eight hours in the car down to the beach.

I've been so entwined with technology since I was about 15, recording myself and multitracking and producing things on my own.

Lord, help me to make time today to serve you in those who are most in need of encouragement or assistance.

Honey the party went away quickly, but thats the trouble with ticking and talking.

Whirlyball is only the most awesome sport on the planet! It's like bumper cars plus lacrosse meets basketball.

The keys are in my pocket and they rattle you awake.

The poor have much to teach you. You have much to learn from them.

I guess trying to throw my body into the guitar is so natural for me that I don't even know how to explain it. I can't imagine life without it.

It is from your hands that Our Lord, in the person of the sick, seeks relief.

Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members.

I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a little room for people to put themselves in it.

It's not enough to do good. It must be done well.

I just love playing guitar, so that's what I'm going to do.

I was always just kind of obsessed with guitar, even before I started playing.

No matter what others say or do, even if the wicked succeed, do not be troubled: commit everything to God and put your trust in him.

Your skin's so fair its not fair

I only listen to my own music when I'm playing an hour-and-half set each night. I don't put it on recreationally.

I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians.

I wish I had a gentle mind and a spine made up of iron.

Go to the poor there you will find God.

Oh but I'd pay anything to keep my conscience clean.I'm keeping my eyes on the the exit sign. Steady now.

I've always been pretty ravenous about pop culture, highbrow and lowbrow.

Life can be challenging and sad ... but music is the easy part.

All you can do is make something that you like and feel proud of and then just hope for the best and try to get out of its way.

It is absolutely necessary, both for our advancement and the salvation of others, to follow always and in all things the beautiful light of faith

Guitar is just something I can do. So much of it now is muscle memory, just instinct.

Generally my day-to-day is pretty much the same. Just busy and working and on tour. And trying to put on the best show possible every night.

I read the signs,I got all my stars aligned,My amulets, my charms,I set all my false alarms,So I'll be someoneWho won't be forgotten.

Fashion, for me, is anything that's aesthetic and beautiful. Art, food, film. It's something that I appreciate and really like.