Thinking Quotes by Yukimi Nagano

Yukimi Nagano

Gothenburg’s definitely a music city as well, but I think just because of the weather – it’s so cold and miserable – people stay in. Coming to the States and going into the store and people are like, “Hi, can I help you?” – I’m not used to people randomly talking to me that I don’t know.

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Yukimi Nagano

I think that kind of balance comes with the process of growing together as a band, the Little Dragon. We love to write, we love to create, we love to play live, and I think we love and appreciate what we have together. How that evolves, and how we balance it, is something that’s come with time. At the start we were all like, “Tour tour tour. We just want to play. That’s all we want to do.”

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Yukimi Nagano

I think we’re a little bit protective in that way. You’re always trying to balance between what’s spreading the word about the band and what’s good money and what’s a shitty look. Is this good for the longevity of the band? Do people even care these days? We care, but do we care more about the money? We’ve had a lot of discussions about things. It gets us into a lot of fights, but it also makes you question your own morals in a really good way.

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Yukimi Nagano

It’s hard to start and think about having balance. Music is a tough industry, and you have to work your way to that luxury.

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Yukimi Nagano

Now you know you’re going to have to play music for the label, you know you’re going to have to get an opinion from the manager. Now, I’m so much more conscious and it bothers me. I try to find my way back to writing without being too analytical or not thinking about whether this is good or is it bad.

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Yukimi Nagano

Once you’ve had a real taste of touring it’s like, “Okay, it’s pretty amazing that we have real fans and we can go out and play shows,” but you start to feel a personal need, like, “Okay, I think it’s time to go home for a minute.”

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Yukimi Nagano

Partly I think it’s always a challenge to travel a lot. If I could choose to never travel again but still do all my shows – I mean, who wouldn’t want to do that? That’s the work aspect of it. Maybe people don’t think about it this way, but it makes it feel like a job when you’re playing late and getting up really early for a lobby call, and flying around.

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Yukimi Nagano

There were choices that we’ve made as a Little Dragon, that we had to make at the time because we needed the money. I think everything has its context. It is way easier to say no to things now then it was five years ago, for sure. Back then we were grabbing at every opportunity we could just to sustain a name and let people know, “Hello, hello! We’re here! Look at us!” It’s really sort of taken its time and grown, and it’s been a very step-by-step process.

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Yukimi Nagano

To foster creativity, I think a little pressure can be good, but stress isn’t good. Knowing that you have a defined window of time and you’re going to dedicate your attention to it is a positive – but you can’t think of it as needing a track that’s going to change your life.

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Thinking Quotes by Yukimi Nagano

It’s hard to start and think about having balance. Music is a tough industry, and you have to work your way to that luxury.

Once you’ve had a real taste of touring it’s like, “Okay, it’s pretty amazing that we have real fans and we can go out and play shows,” but you start to feel a personal need, like, “Okay, I think it’s time to go home for a minute.”

To foster creativity, I think a little pressure can be good, but stress isn’t good. Knowing that you have a defined window of time and you’re going to dedicate your attention to it is a positive – but you can’t think of it as needing a track that’s going to change your life.

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