100 Quotes by Julien Baker

I think there's seasons of life. It oscillates.

There are people who are explicit and people who are implicit, right? Like I say, 'I think there is a God,' but I've seen Christian metalcore bands do altar calls at their shows and be like, 'Come get saved right now.' I think there's a subtler way, which is to say I'm being honest with my beliefs.

I'm not going to force your participation in a conversation, I'm going to say I can be an example that these things can exist and don't have to be mutually exclusive. Like being a queer artist and being a Christian. Those things don't have to be mutually exclusive and I'm just going to be honest about them so that you know.

It's super cool to me when my manager screencapped Sharon Van Etten saying my album is great on Twitter and I about cried 'cause she's a hero. And that led to... I got to have lunch with her! I got to meet a hero!

I think what kids who like heavy music are really looking for is the honesty and candour of it.

Especially with women in music there is this unnecessary competitive element. And, like, why? Why do people do things where they try to put peers up against each other?

It's just nice to have people around and see people actively trying to construct a community of mutual support around music.

Those parts of myself that are too ugly or dangerous are precisely the things I feel convicted to share.

If I have the choice of saying one of two things to people, I'd like it to be the more honest and hopeful thing.