“There's been no two Dirty Projectors records that have had the same ca...” — David Longstreth Quote

“There's been no two Dirty Projectors records that have had the same cast of characters every time.”

“Songs, a while ago, became the medium through which I process most of the information that I receive and feel. But I go back and forth about whether this is all of life or whether you're missing something important in living and whether or not, as a humanist, you're abnegating a certain responsibility if this - this art - is just where you are.”

“A lot of my vocals were the first time I ever sang the song.”

“I just don't like when guys come and do dirty plays.”

“Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.”

“I go outside, and I'm wearing a funky T-shirt and my hair is dirty, and people say, 'What's wrong with her? She needs to invest in a hairbrush.'”