118 Quotes by Jim James

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    Once all the power goes out, there will still be human beings standing together around a campfire, playing acoustic guitars.

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    The first two My Morning Jacket records were basically demos.

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    For me, it's more powerful to hear people sing about God than love in most circumstances because I've been hearing people sing about love for most of my life.

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    I think reading is one of the greatest forms of magic available to us on the planet. Reading is so important.

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    I'll only pick up my guitar if something is knocking on the door. Once the melodies have sort of been bothering me for a time, then I pick up my guitar and try to find them. But only if they want to be found.

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    Pilates is amazing. It makes you conscious of how you have been doing something incorrectly for so long, even something as simple as just standing there.

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    I grew up on, and kind of came of age, during the grunge movement and was introduced to Neil Young and Bob Dylan and grew up on that path.

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    Preservation Hall is the sound of joy. When they start playing, people start moving.

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    I always think of albums as the format. I think it's perfect. I don't think you can tamper with that. It's not just sound, the analog, which is so much richer. It's the format. You're constrained by just 45 minutes, and it's perfect to me. I don't want to listen to any more than, and I live and breathe music.

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