Writing Quotes by Paul Banks

Paul Banks

…It’s an unmeetable level of writing. But even if it’s something I feel like I can’t ever attain, it doesn’t crush my spirit. I figured out early on that you gotta find your own strengths and hone them rather than trying to emulate something that impresses you.

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Paul Banks

I didn’t come in and say: “I’m a singer.” I came into the band as a second guitar player and a vocalist, but not the songwriter. I had been writing poetry for years, so I sort of had the nature of the words. I felt like no one else could sing my lyrics, so I took a crack at it.

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Paul Banks

When I say I had a cosmic confidence that we were capable of writing good music, I’m speaking about that time when we met Sam [Fogarino]. Greg [ex-drummer] is actually a really great drummer and a great guy. I never want to sound like I am belittling his contributions in the early days, but when Sam joined, there was an immediacy of, like, “Here we go.”

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Writing Quotes by Paul Banks

…It’s an unmeetable level of writing. But even if it’s something I feel like I can’t ever attain, it doesn’t crush my spirit. I figured out early on that you gotta find your own strengths and hone them rather than trying to emulate something that impresses you.

I didn’t come in and say: “I’m a singer.” I came into the band as a second guitar player and a vocalist, but not the songwriter. I had been writing poetry for years, so I sort of had the nature of the words. I felt like no one else could sing my lyrics, so I took a crack at it.

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