I don't feel any obligation to make my intentions for a song accessible to a listener or an audience. I'm not interested in conveying anything to them so much as what's best for me.
I try to make myself, and subsequently the audience, as uncomfortable as possible, whether it's completely desecrating a song they thought was one th… - J Tillman
I try to make myself, and subsequently the audience, as uncomfortable as possible, whether it's completely desecrating a song they thought was one th…
- J Tillman
I guess with the way that I've conducted myself I'm in the logical spot and I'm fine with that. Even my limited interactions with success have left m… - J Tillman
I guess with the way that I've conducted myself I'm in the logical spot and I'm fine with that. Even my limited interactions with success have left m…
I like the freedom of being able to just use the live show as an opportunity to more so deconstruct what's going on in the album than to recreate it. - J Tillman
I like the freedom of being able to just use the live show as an opportunity to more so deconstruct what's going on in the album than to recreate it.
I don't think that just because a lot of my music has a quieter aesthetic; [it] excludes me from achieving that in a live setting, from being dangero… - J Tillman
I don't think that just because a lot of my music has a quieter aesthetic; [it] excludes me from achieving that in a live setting, from being dangero…
You can't really do anything creative without a source of inspiration. - J Tillman
You can't really do anything creative without a source of inspiration.
My humor is my creativity, and my skepticism is a gift. - J Tillman
My humor is my creativity, and my skepticism is a gift.
I think that providing obstructions in the live setting is when you get something that actually means something, as opposed to just aping your way th… - J Tillman
I think that providing obstructions in the live setting is when you get something that actually means something, as opposed to just aping your way th…
Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power. - J Tillman
Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.
You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine or 10 verses and then boil it d… - J Tillman
You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine or 10 verses and then boil it d…
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