Win Butler
Win Butler
Edwin Farnham "Win" Butler IIIis an American lead vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter of the Montreal-based indie rock band Arcade Fire. His wife Régine Chassagne and younger brother Will Butler are both members of the band...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth14 April 1980
CityTruckee, CA
CountryUnited States of America
cliched cool life seemed
The cliched rock life never seemed that cool to me.
near parents spent time walking
My parents live near the ocean, and I've spent a lot of time walking through the water at night, being around the water.
amazing
I think there's some pretty amazing language in the Bible.
bible brain certain philosophy studied stuff work
I studied the Bible and philosophy in college, and I think in a certain sense that's the kind of stuff that still makes my brain work.
hard people
I feel like I'm kind of a bit of a sponge in a way. Like, if people around me are going through things, I find it very hard not to be empathetic.
level lyrics music quite sound
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.
designed outfits
If you think about it, if you've ever been to a Catholic service, it's practically a laser light show. It's very dramatic, very theatrical. The outfits they wear, it's all designed to be impressive.
dirt glorious good looks moustache
I'm not a good hipster - if I let my moustache grow for weeks, it just looks like I have dirt on my face. I'll never have a glorious handlebar moustache.
experience human talking thinking tools trying understand unless whenever
Whenever you're talking about meaning, basically... I think a lot of the human experience has to do with trying to understand what things mean, and there's not really any tools to do that unless you're thinking about it in a more spiritual or philosophical realm.
carnival films time
The film 'Black Orpheus' is one of my favorite films of all time, which is set in Carnival in Brazil.
Everyone has their own talents. It's up to the individual to see what you can actually do.
art found peer talking
The idea of peer critique, of talking about each other's art - I just found it so useless.
exposed full medium
We're exposed to ideas everywhere. The world is full of ideas. I think that television is a pretty powerful medium in that regard.
left nowhere people stuck
A lot of people get really stuck in this idea that everything's been done and there's nowhere left to go.