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
writing self trying
I try not get too self-aware when writing lyrics.
writing artist careers
A lot of artists write about the same things their whole career.
beautiful church artistic
While there are so many beautiful Baroque churches and it's a beautiful artistic tradition, it almost gets hideous and grotesque if you push it further. You can take something beautiful and overdo it.
worry world caught
I just wanted to make something in the world and worry about the rest of it later and not get too caught up in rules.
thinking careers want
I think you have to want to be really famous. It's a lot easier to sabotage your career than to have a career to sabotage.
ideas dancing house
The idea of dancing to bad house music is something I could never get behind.
black brazil film
The film Black Orpheus is one of my favorite films of all time, which is set in Carnival in Brazil.
emotional thinking people
I don't think the emotional quality is the defining quality of the music but it's definitely something that people have picked up on a lot
mean responsibility rocks
Being in a rock band, I feel a certain responsibility to have a weird haircut. I mean, who else gets to do that?
people missing community
What I miss [about church] is being forced to be in community with people that aren't the same as me.
growing-up forever labels
The Flaming Lips have been on Warner Bros. forever, and certainly everything I heard growing up was on a major label in some way, from the Cure to Radiohead to Bjork.
thinking media years
I think of hip hop as a mass media, radio, MTV thing. It’s been extremely relevant over the last 10 years and rock music is just not anymore—-a tear rolls down my cheek as I say that.
song opportunity giving
I find myself a lot more open to bands if I just hear their song. It gives you an opportunity to engage with the thing itself and not be overwhelmed by everything else that surrounds it.