Jeff Tweedy Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“We'd been noticing how much more important the internet had become - once information is out there in the world now, anyone can get it. Since that was beginning to happen with the record anyway, we figured, OK, let's just stream it for free ourselves.”

“Even the most dismal and hopeless-sounding Wilco music, to my ears, has always maintained a level of hope and consolation.”

“I always found the concept of a tortured artist distasteful.”

“I didn't want to admit that I was falling into a cliche.”

“I just try to get inside the song and imagine what comes next.”

“I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time.”