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
arcade bunch burned growing
When I was growing up, someone told me a story about an arcade that burned down and killed a bunch of kids,
musical time
Usually, I think you have most of your musical influences locked down by the time you're 16.
good kids
There are a lot of good kids out there. There are a lot of good teenagers. If you're good to them, they're good to you.
I'm not someone who can dance to a song I don't like.
dreams people save
People say that your dreams are the only thing that save ya,
benefits haiti health work
The work that Partners in Health do in Haiti benefits the whole world.
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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.
I never really felt super-Texan. It wasn't like I was unhappy, but I wasn't superhappy.
I don't like to talk about other bands in interviews.
african catholic funny haiti liked music tied voodoo
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.
culture found high influenced junior saw stuff totally
I found out a lot of stuff through MTV, and I didn't even have cable, I just saw it at friends' houses. But my culture in junior high was totally influenced by it.
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My favorite English teacher in high school showed me 'Brazil' when I was 15, and it blew my mind. It's one of those movies that's revealed itself in different ways as I've gone back to it over the years.
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.