Latest Victoria Legrand Quotes from Interviews

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• I like to hear what other people's interpretations are, because people come up with things I'd never thought about.

  Victoria Legrand

  People, Interpretation, Come Up

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

• People who create art would be fools to assume they know exactly what people are going to think of it.

  Victoria Legrand

  Art, Thinking, People

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

• I'm a Gemini, so I'm very dual. I love something and I hate it at the same time, so that probably comes out in the lyrics.

  Victoria Legrand

  Hate, I Hate

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

• If a psychiatrist would analyze [the lyrics], I'm sure they'd come up with something interesting. I really don't try to twist them. I don't want to slash things.

  Victoria Legrand

  Interesting, Trying, Twists

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

• I truly believe that if you think something's stupid, that might mean it's actually good.

  Victoria Legrand

  Stupid, Believe, Mean

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

• I really do try to let the identity or voice inside come out.

  Victoria Legrand

  Voice, Trying, Identity

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

• In general, I think I'm a very private person. But I also love human beings.

  Victoria Legrand

  Thinking, Humans, Persons

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

• I was in a Led Zeppelin cover band in high school, and my highlight was playing "Misty Mountain Hop" at a coffee house in Wayne, Pennsylvania. I wasn't allowed to play any instruments; I could only be the singer because I was a girl.

  Victoria Legrand

  Girl, Coffee, School

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

• The guys in high school were like, "You've got a nice voice; you should keep singing," but I never honestly thought that one day I'd be a singer. When you're young, you don't see the signs.

  Victoria Legrand

  Nice, School, Voice

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

• There's something to be said for being classically trained on piano, but not having your whole makeup be tied to one instrument.

  Victoria Legrand

  Makeup, Piano, Said

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

• I studied voice and piano as a child, although, at least with voice, you start over at puberty, because your voice completely changes.

  Victoria Legrand

  Children, Voice, Piano

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

• When something goes into the world, you immediately begin to develop another perspective on yourself, another identity.

  Victoria Legrand

  Perspective, Identity, World

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

• I think the Yamaha has a giant quality. When you combine the Yamaha with other organs, you get this crazy rectangular sound. It's kind of flat and thick.

  Victoria Legrand

  Crazy, Thinking, Quality

  Source: pitchfork.com

• It's always a struggle to make things sound more or less brilliant.

  Victoria Legrand

  Struggle, Sound, Brilliant

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

• Sound is a very unruly thing, and you have to really respect that it's going to differ every time you play.

  Victoria Legrand

  Play, Sound, Unruly

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.

• I think sometimes songwriting becomes diluted when you have lots of components to mask a lack of core.

  Victoria Legrand

  Thinking, Sometimes, Mask

  "Beach House". Interview With Brian Howe, pitchfork.com. March 17, 2008.