Some people just come in, do it and they know it's right. It turns out better than you imagined it was going to sound. When that happens, you take it…

- Jules Shear

The same people who never did their homework in high school are still doing that to this very day out in the real world.

- Jules Shear

The nice thing about true hopelessness is that you don't have to try again.

- Jules Shear

I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights.

- Jules Shear

I don't know too many people because I stay at my house, I write songs, I go to the store.

- Jules Shear

If you're asking me to compare myself to other people, I don't really know what other people are like.

- Jules Shear

I taught myself how to play when I was about 13. I'm a lefty.

- Jules Shear

Things kind of happen organically with me.

- Jules Shear

Shouldn't the low strings be at the bottom?

- Jules Shear