18 Quotes by Jeffrey Lewis

Life's a story don't you doubt. Bad times give you something to talk about.

One good idea could cost you thousands of your days, but it's just time you'd be spending anyways

It’s all easier said than done, and it isn’t even easy to say.

About Jimi Hendrix – although his playing is at an uber-level, his voice is quite lo-fi and normal, like a regular person singing in the shower, and this makes his music much better than if he was just a technical player and singer.

A great artist can change society because of the entertaining and mesmerizing quality of his or her art.

I do feel pretty lucky that I’m not so great at playing and singing, it forces me to make sure I’ve really got something worth presenting because I can’t rely on any kind of virtuosity to dazzle people with.

I think the benefits are tremendous, and the power of accessibility in art is one of it’s most explosive and insidious attributes.

A lot more people will want to hear a 5-minute singing cartoon about Communism in China than will want to read that PhD thesis, and that’s the power of it even if a lot of details will be missing – that’s the reason something like that often has more impact on society.

To be entertaining and educational and enlightening, all at once, this is a good goal to have.