I think people like feeling miserable just as much as they like feeling happy.
You have a history of art-music that you equate with music. That's what I love about that term art-music. It separates itself from music-music, the music people have always made.
I don't care too much for thinking about the past. The truth is just another story. You can remember it any way you want; it's never gonna be the same twice.
Working in factories and things like that, it just puts a little hair on your chest.
I play popular songs. This is not some obscure, unusual music. This is popular music.
I feel like there's the people's music, and there's corporate music.
I was kind of pathetic. That's what got me playing out in the street. I ran out of money and needed more gin for the night.
Essentially any history we have is just a history of aristocrats. We don't have any history of people.
There's this food that's evolved over thousands of years and people have made their own kind of thing, but it's not art-food, yet. It can be, but it's just food. It's the thing that people do because they have to, because they need it. I feel music is one of those things, too.
Because I have something to say doesn't mean everyone has to take it too seriously or get too upset that it rubs them the wrong way.
I'm just a guy that sings songs because that's what he likes to do, I guess.
I don't associate much with anybody. I'm not big on all the teachings and groups and being a part of something, I guess.
Real music is what I consider to be uncorporatized music, the music that just happens. I feel like that's not a very well-known thing.
I didn't have any intention of playing music for a living or anything like that. I was just not doing well in my head or whatever you call it and drinking too much.
Some people are good cooks and some people are good. . . I don't see why you have to do all of that.
I wouldn't consider myself a songwriter at all. Maybe I piece together a certain little thing here and there, but songwriters are people who do this with sheet music.
I really enjoy playing music. I feel like it's something to try to give to people.
I was born or raised in the church, so I guess the first songs I would have played would have been church songs.