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Jeff Tweedy Quotes

Jeff Tweedy quotes

American Musician August 26, 1967

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The sublime moment seems to be only a product of allowing yourself to get through, to get to a lot of stuff in your life, write about a lot of stuff and not edit yourself. That is a great lesson to learn for anybody that writes or creates in anyway, to be able to make something without being good or bad. Jeff Tweedy
I guess I don't think there's any reason to feel guilty about having joy in your life, regardless of how bad things are in the world. Jeff Tweedy
Jeff Tweedy quote: "I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your..."
I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absurd. Jeff Tweedy
I've been obsessed with seeing life through music. My records, my relationship with records, my relationship with rock stars, everything that surrounds it, has been really one of the only ways that I ever started to understand the world. Jeff Tweedy
Jeff Tweedy quote: "I don't think you can be good in life without acknowledging..."
I don't think you can be good in life without acknowledging the part of you that isn't good. Jeff Tweedy
I was never at my best when I was at my worst. When I did do good stuff in the past, it was because I was able to transcend the parts of my being that weren't healthy. Jeff Tweedy
I always think I don't have any songs, I don't have anything I'm working on, and I get in the studio and realize there are 20 things I'm thinking about. It's just kind of second nature. Jeff Tweedy
Jeff Tweedy quote: "I think art is a consolation regardless of its content. It has..."
I think art is a consolation regardless of its content. It has the power to move and make you feel like you're not. Jeff Tweedy
I like making songs up. Whether or not they're great songs or good songs, whatever. It's something I've always done, and I definitely feel like I've gotten better at it. Jeff Tweedy
Writing songs has always been hard and easy. It's not always easy when you want it to be, and then sometimes it's just like turning on the faucet. That's just the nature of it. Jeff Tweedy
Jeff Tweedy quote: "I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time."
I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time. Jeff Tweedy
You obviously don't really forget how to play the old songs; you just don't have to spend so much time convincing yourself that you remember them. Way less mental energy is spent swimming around in lyrics you've already written and chords you've already played. Jeff Tweedy
Jeff Tweedy quote: "Even the most dismal and hopeless-sounding Wilco music, to my..."
Even the most dismal and hopeless-sounding Wilco music, to my ears, has always maintained a level of hope and consolation. Jeff Tweedy
Stop trying to treat music like it's a tennis shoe, something to be branded. If the music industry wants to save money, they should take a look at some of their six-figure executive expense accounts. All those lawsuits can't be cheap, either. Jeff Tweedy
We live in a connected world now. Some find that frightening. If people are downloading our music, they're listening to it. The internet is like radio for us. Jeff Tweedy

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