Devendra Banhart

Musician

1981-05-30

Books by Devendra Banhart

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I was just a huge fan of Blur, Suede, Elastica and Pulp, of course, even Menswear and Ocean Colour Scene.
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Canada has really grown and grown as this unexplored and very mysterious and exotic place to me.
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Growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, the ubiquitous music is salsa, cumbia, merengue, a little bit of samba.
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We all have our vices, you know. One of my vices is ice cream.
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A soul singer is always singing to their crowd. They're always singing about their woes to you. And I really appreciate that when a singer is making you feel... when they're directing it at me. When they're including me.
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Dad had four world records, and they happened to be Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Ali Farka Toure. I tried singing like these people, and it didn't work.
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