Devendra Banhart took the Marketplace Quiz, answering the public radio show's questions and offering insight in his own inimitable way. "It's okay not to know, and it's okay to ask for help," Banhart says when asked what advice he wished someone had given him before he started his career, advice he doesn't feel he took at the time. "I feel like it was all about 'No, I know, I know, I know, and I don't need anyone's help. I need to prove I can be independent.' But that isn't really how it works and you definitely don't know everything, and not only that, but it's okay not to know everything, and asking for help doesn't suddenly make you intrinsically dependent or co-dependent. It's a dance." You can hear the Quiz here.
Devendra Banhart, whose new album, Ape in Pink Marble, was released last month, was a guest on the public radio show Marketplace. He took the Marketplace Quiz, the show's "money-inspired personality questionnaire," answering its questions and offering insight in his own inimitable way.
"It's okay not to know, and it's okay to ask for help," Banhart says when asked what advice he wished someone had given him before he started his career, advice he doesn't feel he took at the time.
"I feel like it was all about 'No, I know, I know, I know, and I don't need anyone's help. I need to prove I can be independent.' But that isn't really how it works and you definitely don't know everything, and not only that, but it's okay not to know everything, and asking for help doesn't suddenly make you intrinsically dependent or co-dependent. It's a dance."
You can hear how he answered all the quiz questions below, via marketplace.org.
Ape in Pink Marble is available now on iTunes, Amazon, and in the Nonesuch Store and can be heard on Spotify and Apple Music.
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