124 Quotes by 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.

I've never considered us a country band, ... Even after this record, people still call us a country band. Have they listened to this record?

Sometimes it's liberating to confront horrible things in lyrics as a way to master the shadow-self that exists in everyone.

A piece of art is not a loaf of bread. When someone steals a loaf of bread from the store, that's it. The loaf of bread is gone. When someone downloads a piece of music, it's just data until the listener puts that music back together with their own ears, their mind, their subjective experience. How they perceive your work changes your work.

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 know you've been out in the sun all day, but you could help out more.

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

By the nature of playing by yourself, my repertoire gets a lot bigger than what it is with the band, that's for sure,

I don't really feel like you're making a record unless you pay attention to it.