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Youth Lagoon Quotes

We say to ourselves we won't live forever, but I don't think that thought ever really sinks in until the day comes.

We say to ourselves we won't live forever, but I don't think that thought ever really sinks in until the day comes.

Youth Lagoon
Thinking, Forever, Live Forever
Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. January 23, 2013.

Don't stop imagining. The day that you do is the day that you die.

Youth Lagoon
Dies
Song: 17, Album: The Year Of Hibernation

The whole concept of having something really in-your-face that you're forced to listen to is beautiful because I think music should be an event and not something that's just dismissed.

Youth Lagoon
Beautiful, Thinking, Events
Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. January 23, 2013.

I've realized the most effective way to write, for me, is knowing what to throw away.

Youth Lagoon
Writing, Knowing, Way
"Youth Lagoon: Out Of The House, Into The Bughouse". Interview with Alexandria Symonds, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 5, 2013.

My brain can think faster than I can, Im not fast enough. Who is there to talk to that wont lock me up?

Youth Lagoon
Thinking, Brain, Locks
Song: 17, 2011

I really got consumed with the idea of how people who are deemed crazy or insane often have a firmer grasp on reality than normal people. The average person goes through life thinking it will go on forever.

Youth Lagoon
Crazy, Reality, Thinking
Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. January 23, 2013.

If I feel like I'm writing from an agenda, that's when I throw something away. If I have a strategy I feel like I'm doing it for the wrong reasons.

Youth Lagoon
Writing, Agendas, Strategy
Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. January 23, 2013.

I don't consider myself a religious person, but I consider myself a very spiritual person. I would say I have a relationship with God, I believe in God, I do.

Youth Lagoon
Spiritual, Religious, Believe
"Youth Lagoon: Out Of The House, Into The Bughouse". Interview with Alexandria Symonds, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 5, 2013.

I wish I had time to do more reading, but I just haven't had much time. But I still find time for writing. I've always preferred writing over reading, even though those things do go hand in hand. But when I do have time, even if it's not writing music, just writing in general - ideas and stories and things like that.

Youth Lagoon
Reading, Writing, Hands
"Youth Lagoon: Out Of The House, Into The Bughouse". Interview with Alexandria Symonds, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 5, 2013.

As far as music being something that's not background, it doesn't mean that it's loud, it means that it's instantly something to dwell on and process and swallow and regurgitate.

Youth Lagoon
Mean, Process, Loud
Interview with Ian Cohen, pitchfork.com. January 23, 2013.

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