Jeff Tweedy Quotes & Sayings

“I don't think you can be good in life without acknowledging the part of you that isn't good.”

“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.”

“Even when I don't think I'm writing, I'm writing. There's some part of my brain geared toward making songs up, and I know it's collecting things and I know when I get a moment to be by myself, that's when they come out.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I don't believe every download is a lost sale.”

“I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absurd.”

“I think art is a consolation regardless of its content. It has the power to move and make you feel like you're not.”

“Treating your audience like thieves is absurd. Anyone who chooses to listen to our music becomes a collaborator.”

“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.”