Tetrogrammitten

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You know, when I go back to the beginning and I think about starting a band and saying, well, I don't have to make every decision, but I want to make these decisions, I also recognize that there were times when I had offers to be in other bands.

And I just realized, like, no, because there's a certain thing that I want to do.

And so, of course, I've always, like, it's never been hard to understand why people might want to do things outside of the band.

How could I possibly judge that?

And especially, I have such a unique relationship to singing

words that I wrote. I didn't write every single word in Vampire Weekend and write every single

song, but, you know, a high enough percentage that I can say, like, that's my specific

relationship, is singing words that I wrote. So that's my specific relationship, is singing words

that I wrote. So I also recognize that that might not be for everybody. It's hard for me to

imagine a career in music if that's not the primary mode I have. You know, like I've worked with,

on a handful of occasions, I've worked with other artists or I have a couple credits as a songwriter, producer, something.

But, you know, I always come back to, I have the story that I'm telling through words.

And it's flexible enough that there can be huge contributions from other people.

Do you think of it as a personal thing that is meaningful to you, or do you think there's some

connection between your voice and lyrics you wrote that has a different power?

Do you think you could sing someone else's words

and have the vocal be as good?

Or is it not about that?

I mean, I can sing other people's words

and feel a deep connection to it.

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