Katie Kitamura Quotes

I grew up listening to Teenage Fanclub and Eugenius. Scottish music cast a huge influence on me.

I just got exposed to electronica, and I really liked it. I am also good with alternative rock. I like Lana Del Rey, Adele, Dido, Jack Johnson, and I love the Beatles and the Beach Boys.

I really like Au Revoir Simone.

I loved Interpol when they came out, but I never wanted to be in Interpol.

I like Beach House a lot.

I listened to Kanye West and also dove deep into bands like Radiohead, Portishead, and Bon Iver.

I really love Grimes, Niki & the Dove, stuff like that.

I love PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, Pixies, Portishead, and Massive Attack: a lot of what I would describe as alternative and indie music.

We're not the corporation of Foster the People. We're a band.

The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.

I feel like I just wanna go back to being more underground.

Man, I loved The Smiths so much. I thought they looked awesome, and Morrissey had hearing aids like my Papaw.

All the music I listened to in high school that I loved and that moved me wasn't the same music other kids were listening to in school. I got into punk rock and new wave, then dub and hip-hop.

I was always into things like Boyz II Men and boy bands, and then I got into Radiohead and alt-rock.

I love Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who are from New Zealand, living in Portland.

That Yo La Tengo record, 'Painful,' has got some real awesome, noisy, mellow heartbreakers.

I listen to everything: The Pixies, The Beatles, The Avett Brothers.

If you make rock music with guitars in it, the Radiohead comparison is inevitable.

I enjoy independent music, even more than Bollywood.

I'm a huge fan of Flying Lotus. I like The XX's stuff.

I'm still a fan of the Pixies!

My sound is, at its core, a mix of things. Definitely an imperfect mix, but one that incorporates elements of the music I love - a bit of indie rock, super rhythmic rapping, and lots of synths.

What I like about Kasabian is that it's melody driven.

There's a band from Brooklyn called Frankie Cosmos, which is very nice.

I remember the first album I really completely geeked out over was The Shins' 'Wincing The Night Away.' That album was everything to me.