I used to listen to so much doo-wop, and I've talked a lot about gospel music, but I realised a lot of that language came from doo-wop music. You know, "I Asked the Lord Above," "Heaven Sent Me an Angel." That's rock-'n-roll, and that's where a lot of this language is coming from. Also, I've said before that as soon as you start having a conversation with Jesus in a song you know you're dealing with issues of morality and how fragile it is to be human. It's a shortcut to putting those ideas across.
I used to listen to so much doo-wop, and I've talked a lot about gospel music, but I realised a lot of that language came from doo-wop music. You kno… - Jason Pierce
I used to listen to so much doo-wop, and I've talked a lot about gospel music, but I realised a lot of that language came from doo-wop music. You kno…
- Jason Pierce
Sometimes it's easier to make decisions when you know that you've tried things that are so wrong, you know, "OK, I don't go that way with it. I don't… - Jason Pierce
Sometimes it's easier to make decisions when you know that you've tried things that are so wrong, you know, "OK, I don't go that way with it. I don't…
Everybody's looking for some kind of authenticity in music. Or some kind of truism, you know, "This is true!" And the thing about gospel music is, th… - Jason Pierce
Everybody's looking for some kind of authenticity in music. Or some kind of truism, you know, "This is true!" And the thing about gospel music is, th…
My songs get to a stage where they resist any further change, you know? And that's kind of where they are, short of re-recording or starting again. T… - Jason Pierce
My songs get to a stage where they resist any further change, you know? And that's kind of where they are, short of re-recording or starting again. T…
When it's a pop song, I don't really want to do pop songs, but they exist and sort of come out by accident. - Jason Pierce
When it's a pop song, I don't really want to do pop songs, but they exist and sort of come out by accident.
There's always this talk of the industry of music and about selling records and whatever, but that ignores probably the majority of music that isn't … - Jason Pierce
There's always this talk of the industry of music and about selling records and whatever, but that ignores probably the majority of music that isn't …
It's a weird situation, doing interviews. Nowhere else in the world can you talk about yourself and have people listen like they're interested over a… - Jason Pierce
It's a weird situation, doing interviews. Nowhere else in the world can you talk about yourself and have people listen like they're interested over a…
I just think there's an awful part of rock-'n-roll music where people kind of pretend they're young all their lives, you know? And they kind of live … - Jason Pierce
I just think there's an awful part of rock-'n-roll music where people kind of pretend they're young all their lives, you know? And they kind of live …
I want my records to be the most magnificent and glorious-sounding records, but also want them to be the most intense and fragile. And I want that al… - Jason Pierce
I want my records to be the most magnificent and glorious-sounding records, but also want them to be the most intense and fragile. And I want that al…
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