I just try to use my own life to build a human song: something that people can relate to in some way. It's not like the psychiatrist's couch or anything.
There are good places to play and bad places. - Iron & Wine
There are good places to play and bad places.
- Iron & Wine
The song succeeds or fails just based on whether you argue your point successfully. - Iron & Wine
The song succeeds or fails just based on whether you argue your point successfully.
Do I start with the lyrics? No. Quite honestly, it's the opposite. I generally get the melody first - I kinda fiddle around on the guitar and work ou… - Iron & Wine
Do I start with the lyrics? No. Quite honestly, it's the opposite. I generally get the melody first - I kinda fiddle around on the guitar and work ou…
It's fun to be able to revisit a song and do something that doesn't really illustrate the song but works tangentially or runs parallel to the song in… - Iron & Wine
It's fun to be able to revisit a song and do something that doesn't really illustrate the song but works tangentially or runs parallel to the song in…
We play some smaller songs larger than they are the record, and vice versa. It took me a while to get used to playing live. - Iron & Wine
We play some smaller songs larger than they are the record, and vice versa. It took me a while to get used to playing live.
I'm kind of interested in visual communication. For me it's more about suggesting than arguing a point. - Iron & Wine
I'm kind of interested in visual communication. For me it's more about suggesting than arguing a point.
There are things that drift away like our endless, numbered days - Iron & Wine
There are things that drift away like our endless, numbered days
I put my energy into writing songs. I have to carve out a living somehow doing this, and licensing is one way. It's hard to register what's "too much… - Iron & Wine
I put my energy into writing songs. I have to carve out a living somehow doing this, and licensing is one way. It's hard to register what's "too much…
It sort of depends on the song. Some of them are pretty easy to write, and others take a while. I do a lot of writing in the morning. - Iron & Wine
It sort of depends on the song. Some of them are pretty easy to write, and others take a while. I do a lot of writing in the morning.
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