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  • I was really sick of bands just ignoring the audience as a posture in rock music. And I think we fed off each other in terms of trying to engage the audience, not in a hammy way, but actually trying to be aware of the space that you are playing in and trying to connect in some way through the music.
    - Win Butler
  • The idea of dancing to bad house music is something I could never get behind.
    - Win Butler
  • Our music may sound big emotionally, but that's more to do with the playing, the level of musicianship and the full-on energy. Often, the lyrics are often quite small and focused.
    - Win Butler
  • The music in Haiti is all tied up in voodoo and African rhythm, and so there's this funny thing: go to a voodoo ceremony, and then go to a Catholic church and tell me which music you liked better, to which one the music is more integral.
    - Win Butler
  • It seems like the record industry made so much crazy money in the 1960s that everyone wanted to get in on it. Now it's just become very corporate. So all of these people who despise music end up being in charge.
    - Win Butler
  • There are so many bands that I'm kind of aware of through media about them, and it ends up filtering my experience of the actual music.
    - Win Butler