138 Quotes by Sufjan Stevens

I think musicians should stay off television generally.

My music is just about story telling. I don't have much to say, and I'm not trying to change anyone's mind. I'm just singing through conviction about what I love and what I care about, starting with the very small.

I've read in a couple stories that I was raised Episcopalian, but that's not true. I think that's just people assuming things. In some ways, I wish I was raised Episcopalian. I was kind of raised hodgepodge.

It's hard to say if actual places really affect the way you write.

I always hated 'O Holy Night.' It's so operatic and overwrought.

I find in music there's a space and a language I can use to express things in ways I can't describe conversationally.

I love anything by Tchaikovsky. He was the real pop star of his day.

I wouldn't mind being popular in other ways, but not with music.

I was sort of born into a Subud cult that has ties to Islam and Indonesia and Middle Eastern spiritualism. My parents were kind of trial-and-error when it came to religion.