The fact of picking up an instrument and writing a song and expressing yourself publicly has a powerful political dimension.
There are a few artists that I'm really into. I mean, I'm a big Nick Cave fan. And there's a band from Australia called Big Heavy Stuff that's one of… - J. Robbins
There are a few artists that I'm really into. I mean, I'm a big Nick Cave fan. And there's a band from Australia called Big Heavy Stuff that's one of…
- J. Robbins
I think, then, there's the sort of, like, political dimension to lyrics. One of the problems that I've had with my output as a lyric writer is that I… - J. Robbins
I think, then, there's the sort of, like, political dimension to lyrics. One of the problems that I've had with my output as a lyric writer is that I…
When I run across something that feels like a real eye-opener, it's gonna have an influence on me forever. - J. Robbins
When I run across something that feels like a real eye-opener, it's gonna have an influence on me forever.
It's sort of a fine line where you're dying to express it and then hoping no one really gets it that closely. But I'm pretty much over that. I'd real… - J. Robbins
It's sort of a fine line where you're dying to express it and then hoping no one really gets it that closely. But I'm pretty much over that. I'd real…
You just realize that you have to be committed to this thing in this kind of world that we're in the more your support group dwindles and you start s… - J. Robbins
You just realize that you have to be committed to this thing in this kind of world that we're in the more your support group dwindles and you start s…
I'm a terrible drummer. I can tune 'em pretty good, but I'm a pretty bad drummer. - J. Robbins
I'm a terrible drummer. I can tune 'em pretty good, but I'm a pretty bad drummer.
I'm the kind of person that, as a listener, will go the extra mile to interpret something that's fairly meaningless, or that might be meaningless. - J. Robbins
I'm the kind of person that, as a listener, will go the extra mile to interpret something that's fairly meaningless, or that might be meaningless.
I think politics and personal psychology and interrelationships - these things are interrelated to me and overlap. - J. Robbins
I think politics and personal psychology and interrelationships - these things are interrelated to me and overlap.
Because as much as I love figuring out other people's puzzles, and love putting words together in ways that feel good to sing and sound good together… - J. Robbins
Because as much as I love figuring out other people's puzzles, and love putting words together in ways that feel good to sing and sound good together…
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