118 Quotes by Jim James

Fashion is one of the most beautiful forms of art we have. It’s a form of art that every person gets to possess and create for themselves.

I just enjoy collaborating. I think there is always something to be learned, and I think that one could never collaborate enough – that would be impossible. So I am always excited and honored when someone wants to work with me.

It is just so cool to play on the beach right next to the water. I am deeply moved by water as I think most people are – so to play music with it is a most powerful experience.

I just think meditation is so important because it gives you a chance to see what's going on in your brain.

Live music is proof that there's some things the Internet can't kill. In our lifetime, we're going to see more and more things start to disappear and get gobbled up by the Internet, but live music won't be one of them.

When people are recording, and they're like, 'I want to get the drum sound of the Beatles,' I hate that.

All the Southerners think we're Yanks, and all the Yanks think we're Southerners, and all the Midwesterners think we're East. Everybody's always wrong about Louisville. That's kind of why I love it so much.

I got really hooked on this riff in the middle of this song called 'Minor Miracles' by my friend Eric Johnson from Fruit Bats. I got the tracks for that from him, and that turned into 'Here in Spirit.'

The gospel funk soul era, that's what I'm obsessed with - pretty much all the '70s through early '80s.