Banks
Banks
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth15 June 1988
CountryUnited States of America
close dynamics fell intrigued painful parents people seeing
My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people - because I was close to something that fell apart.
dynamics expense people power understand vulnerable
Comedy often comes at the expense of others, and to do that smartly, you don't want to make fun of vulnerable people. You want to make fun of people in power, and so you need to really understand the dynamics of power.
human people
People think I'm going to be this really dark human when they meet me.
breathe
Nothing I do is thought out or planned or premeditated. It's just that I'm breathing and living! You just have to breathe and live.
music
My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.
might music
If you meet me, you might not get to know me. If you hear my music? You'll get to know me.
twitter
I've never really been into social media - I don't have a Facebook; I don't do Twitter or Instagram or anything.
I'm very passionate, very emotional, very sensitive. I've always been like that.
judge
I never judge my own songwriting. It's just my heart. What's there to judge about your own heart?
good love pasta patience secret
I make really good pasta sauce. The secret to getting it right is just patience and love.
basic connect human love people tracy
I love Lauryn Hill, Tracy Chapman, Fiona Apple. People like that. People you can really connect to on the most basic human level.
I know every line to 'The Little Rascals.'
degree life music
I got a psychology degree from USC, but music is just my whole life.
blue feels good gut music punch
I always say my music is like dark blue or black, like a punch to your gut that feels really good.