Author: J. Tillman

Quotes

There's a difference between art and entertainment. Entertainment is really about forgetting about your life, and art is about remembering your life.

There's a difference between art and entertainment. Entertainment is really about forgetting about your life, and art is about remembering your life.

- J. Tillman

My music asks people to think critically, so how can I get upset when people think about me critically?

My music asks people to think critically, so how can I get upset when people think about me critically?

- J. Tillman

I think that life is messy and that human beings are insane.

I think that life is messy and that human beings are insane.

- J. Tillman

I play sad bastard music. For the money.

I play sad bastard music. For the money.

- J. Tillman

There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.

There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.

- J. Tillman

Interpretive thinking, as an art form, is dying.

Interpretive thinking, as an art form, is dying.

- J. Tillman

My humor is my creativity, and my skepticism is a gift.

My humor is my creativity, and my skepticism is a gift.

- J. Tillman

It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.

It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.

- J. Tillman

If music was made by some kind of critical theorist, it would sound like my music.

If music was made by some kind of critical theorist, it would sound like my music.

- J. Tillman

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