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Mac DeMarco Quotes
Canadian
-
Musician
April 30, 1990
The way I'm portrayed on the Internet is partly my doing, but it's partly the people that are presenting it so, you know, people come to know this strange version of a human. It can be pretty weird because people think I'm digging through dumpsters and smell like crap all the time.
Mac DeMarco
You
Time
People
Internet
Crap
Digging
Partly
Portrayed
Presenting
Smell
Strange
Version
Weird
Because
Come
Doing
Human
Know
Like
Pretty
Think
Through
Way
Perfectionist? That's not something I am.
Mac DeMarco
I Am
Something
Perfectionist
Am
I live like a scumbag, but it's cheap.
Mac DeMarco
Live
Like
Cheap
I had a band called the Sound Of Love, and that was R&B songs about girls in my high school. I played in some other indie bands who were trying to make it big; those sucked. Then I started Makeout Videotape, and that was that.
Mac DeMarco
Love
School
Big
Trying
Band
Bands
High School
Indie
Sucked
Videotape
About
Girl
Had
High
Make
Other
Played
Some
Songs
Sound
Started
Then
Those
Were
Who
I'm a pretty easygoing person, and it bleeds into the music. Even if I'm writing the most personal song, it's not going to come out totally serious; there's always a little tongue in the cheek.
Mac DeMarco
Music
Song
Always
Serious
Bleeds
Cheek
Easygoing
Tongue
Totally
Come
Even
Going
Little
Most
Out
Person
Personal
Pretty
Writing
I write for myself; I'm trying to keep myself interested in the music. But at the same time, I want to make the songs relatable in a way; I want to keep melodies pretty simple and the lyrics open-ended so that people could maybe relate them to their own life in different ways. Something for everybody to have a piece of.
Mac DeMarco
At the time I was writing the second album, I was sitting home in my underwear all day every day; I didn't have all that much to write about except for my own life and my family.
Mac DeMarco
Life
Family
Time
Home
Album
All Day
Except
Sitting
Underwear
About
Day
Every
Every Day
Much
My Own
Own
Second
Write
Writing
My grandma did opera singing for the better part of her life; she used to sing all over the place. My grandpa was a sax player, and he used to travel all over the place, too.
Mac DeMarco
Life
Singing
Better
Travel
Grandma
Grandpa
Opera
Player
Sax
Sing
Did
He
Her
Over
Part
Place
She
Too
Used
I don't want a job, and I think I've been trying my hardest to make sure I don't have a job.
Mac DeMarco
Think
Job
Want
Trying
Hardest
Been
I Think
Make
Sure
I'm going to try to do music for the rest of my life, but that's just trying. Maybe it's not going to work out. Who knows?
Mac DeMarco
Life
Work
Music
My Life
Work Out
Going
Just
Knows
Maybe
Out
Rest
Try
Trying
Who
I'll probably have to open a recording studio at some point because I won't be able to pay the bills.
Mac DeMarco
Open
Point
Some
Pay
Bills
Recording
Recording Studio
Studio
Able
Because
The crowd can be a little different in some places. For example, in Europe, people tend to be very respectful. They try not to make too much noise at inappropriate times. In other countries, people can be very still. Sometimes I'm not sure if a crowd is into it until the end, when they usually want me to do something crazy for the encore.
Mac DeMarco
It's so crazy now with the Internet and being able to play shows to people who are actually interested in you. I still feel so lucky when that happens. Things just happen so fast.
Mac DeMarco
You
People
Crazy
Internet
Fast
Lucky
Able
Actually
Being
Feel
Happen
Happens
Interested
Just
Now
Play
Shows
Still
Things
Who
Neil Young is the prime example, the grand goal, if you will. He's still shredding, and he never lost his credibility.
Mac DeMarco
You
Never
Will
Lost
Credibility
Example
Grand
Neil
Neil Young
Prime
Goal
He
His
Still
Young
I like guitar. It just turned out that it's the instrument I learned to play. I have a lot of respect for it, and I'm learning more and more every day. For me, the classic band setup - guitars, drums, bass - will stay fresh forever. I don't know. I'm still into it.
Mac DeMarco
When you play a guitar for a long time, you get your hand oils in there; it starts feeling good and behaving, and you just don't want to mess with that.
Mac DeMarco
Good
You
Guitar
Long
Behaving
Feeling Good
Hand
Long Time
Mess
Oils
Starts
Feeling
Get
Just
Play
Time
Want
Your
I actually had a really nice guitar as a teenager. I took jazz guitar, so my mom bought me this probably $1,600 guitar. But I got really into garage rock and local bands, and I noticed they played really crappy guitars. So I thought, 'Hey, I should get a crappy guitar, too!'
Mac DeMarco
Mom
Me
Guitar
Rock
Bands
Bought
Crappy
Garage
Guitars
Hey
Jazz
Local
Noticed
Teenager
Actually
Get
Got
Had
Nice
Played
Really
Should
Thought
Too
Took
When people think of someone being prolific, it's like, 'He's got a vault with 5,000 songs in it,' or something, but I just kind of pick them out of the air when they float by.
Mac DeMarco
People
Think
Like
Someone
Air
Float
Just Kind
Pick
Prolific
Vault
Being
Got
He
Just
Kind
Out
Something
Songs
Them
If people are talking about you, that's great. You start making more money, that's great. You get to go to weird places, that's great. The music industry is weird, especially with the Internet. People are calling you all kinds of weird stuff, like 'jangly.'
Mac DeMarco
Music
You
Great
People
Calling
Internet
Kinds
Music Industry
Places
Weird
About
Get
Go
Industry
Like
Making
Money
More
Start
Stuff
Talking
I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates.
Mac DeMarco
Me
Humor
Laugh
Hard
Close
Close Friends
Describe
Guess
Make Me Laugh
Sense Of Humor
Surrounded
Twisted
Friends
Make
Sense
One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
Mac DeMarco
Love
You
Great
Nothing
Christmas
Dan
Dude
Essentially
Loves
Steely
Because
Dad
Doing
Got
Hear
I Love
Know
Lot
Mom
One Thing
Record
Rock
Thing
Which
Wrong
Your
A lot of people assume I have a great hat collection, but kids steal my hats at every show. I've had all these hats that I've loved, but now they're in some little kids' possession. It's difficult to replenish. I don't think the kids realize this.
Mac DeMarco
Great
People
Think
Hat
Assume
Collection
Hats
Little Kids
Possession
Steal
Difficult
Every
Had
Kids
Little
Lot
Loved
Now
Realize
Show
Some
I don't necessarily like wearing lipstick; I just think it's funny to do. I think the darker the better, but it's whatever my girlfriend Kiera has in her purse.
Mac DeMarco
Funny
Better
Think
Like
Darker
Girlfriend
Lipstick
Necessarily
Purse
Wearing
Her
I Think
Just
Whatever
For me, it's all about the Canadian tuxedo, and maybe a bolero. The province I grew up in in Alberta is pretty much the denim capital of Canada. The first premier of Alberta started Grand Western Garment, which Levi's bought later on.
Mac DeMarco
Me
Canada
First
About
Bought
Canadian
Capital
Garment
Grand
Later
Levi
Premier
Province
Tuxedo
Western
Grew
Maybe
Much
Pretty
Started
Up
Which
I don't care about what people might call my style. It's just like when people call my music 'jangly,' 'dream,' 'oceanside,' whatever - I don't care. I'm just wearing whatever I can scrap together.
Mac DeMarco
Music
People
Together
Style
don't Care
Scrap
Wearing
About
Call
Care
Dream
I Can
Just
Like
Might
Whatever
I'm just trying to have fun, and maybe the way I hold myself kind of freaks people out. I don't feel like an outsider, and I think my friends feel the same way I do. Now that we're playing to larger audiences, maybe we're weird to some people. But I'm trying to express what I am.
Mac DeMarco
A lot of the songs on '2' are pretty personal, but even if I'm writing about something like that, I still tend to keep it pretty simple and open-ended. I like the idea of people listening to my album and it meaning something to me but maybe meaning something else to them.
Mac DeMarco
Me
Simple
People
Writing
Album
Listening
Meaning
Open-Ended
Something Else
Tend
About
Else
Even
Idea
Keep
Like
Lot
Maybe
Personal
Pretty
Something
Songs
Still
Them
I first started going to shows when I was about 16 - seeing local bands. I mean, I loved music before that, and I played a bit of guitar when I was younger and thought maybe I'd become a guitar teacher or something, but when I saw other kids doing it, I was like, 'Whoa, these are great bands! I can do it, too.'
Mac DeMarco
I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'
Mac DeMarco
Attitude
Love
Music
You
Having Fun
Jonathan
Performs
Worry
You Guys
About
Everybody
Fun
Get
Guys
Happy
Having
He
Him
His
I Love
Just
Like
Lot
Really
Seems
Thing
Very
Way
I'm terrible at collaborating with people; nothing ever ends up coming out good.
Mac DeMarco
Good
People
Nothing
Up
Collaborating
Ends
Terrible
Coming
Ever
Out
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