I guess I wanted to emulate the artists that my parents were listening to when I was growing up. I've always had this affinity for folk music, and mu…

- Sarah Jaffe

Usually when I'm in the van or if there's downtime, I'll just mess around in Garage Band and work out melodies or ideas I've had in my head. There wa…

- Sarah Jaffe

I had gotten to know the music scene there, and just fell in love with it. I've lived there a little over four years now. There's a charm to Denton. …

- Sarah Jaffe

Lately I haven't been able to write for the guitar - it'll usually start out with a melody on the bass, and I'll layer vocals. I just can't really ph…

- Sarah Jaffe

We operate from this position of, "Let's build the skeleton and then insert the filling." We have this ping-pong dynamic with each other where we're …

- Sarah Jaffe

I've done four records now, and your idea of what it's going to be for that record is never what it ends up being, so there's cynicism in my outlook …

- Sarah Jaffe

When I was younger - in elementary school - my parents are both teachers, so we moved around a lot. For the most part we always lived, before we sett…

- Sarah Jaffe

I create my own schedule, so you start out each day and you say, "Okay, from 10 to 11 I'm going to write," and on the dot at 10, I went downstairs, g…

- Sarah Jaffe

In other words, the hidden subsidies [designed to help individuals seeking college degrees] are not helping those who most need help in getting a deg…

- Sarah Jaffe