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
musical time
Usually, I think you have most of your musical influences locked down by the time you're 16.
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.
church dad exposed family grew mom religious side somewhat
I grew up in a somewhat religious family. My dad's family isn't religious at all, but my mom's side of the family is, so I was exposed to church a bit.
audience aware bands connect engage fed ignoring music playing posture rock terms trying
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.
again bit break christmas june longest time took toured
We've only toured in one-month chunks, ... We started in November, then we took Christmas off, then we started again in January, and we took some time in February. And then we did a little bit in March, and then we had a bit of time off this summer. The longest break we had, the first time we went home, was for June and July, and then we went back out again in August, and we'll be done at the end of October.
people missing community
What I miss [about church] is being forced to be in community with people that aren't the same as me.
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
ideas dancing house
The idea of dancing to bad house music is something I could never get behind.
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.
writing artist careers
A lot of artists write about the same things their whole career.
writing self trying
I try not get too self-aware when writing lyrics.
college boston care
When I was living in Boston I worked in this store that played the college radio station. I had to listen to it all day, and I didn't care for most of it.
crazy people records
It seems like the record industry made so much crazy money in the 1960s that everyone wanted to get in on it. Now it's just become very corporate. So all of these people who despise music end up being in charge.