Author: James Mercer

Quotes

I sit and write songs alone and then get together with people to help me flesh it out into a recording.

I sit and write songs alone and then get together with people to help me flesh it out into a recording.

- James Mercer

Honestly, humans are social creatures that really crave intimacy, and I think that the friends I have who are trying to somehow go it alone are suffering for it.

Honestly, humans are social creatures that really crave intimacy, and I think that the friends I have who are trying to somehow go it alone are suffering for it.

- James Mercer

My hope is that one day I'll be able to work and have a quieter life, but still a creative life.

My hope is that one day I'll be able to work and have a quieter life, but still a creative life.

- James Mercer

Maybe it's just parenthood that puts you in a situation where you just have to develop a new attitude, I guess, about things.

Maybe it's just parenthood that puts you in a situation where you just have to develop a new attitude, I guess, about things.

- James Mercer

The fact that I'm often pushing my voice as hard as I can is from playing in nightclubs in Albuquerque where you don't have a good sound system.

The fact that I'm often pushing my voice as hard as I can is from playing in nightclubs in Albuquerque where you don't have a good sound system.

- James Mercer

Life is sad. People, you know, are going to pass, and you know that you will one day.

Life is sad. People, you know, are going to pass, and you know that you will one day.

- James Mercer

I know that there are a lot of sort of silly things that one thinks as a music listener about bands. I am a fan of many bands.

I know that there are a lot of sort of silly things that one thinks as a music listener about bands. I am a fan of many bands.

- James Mercer

I'm real happy. I've been lucky in love, and I've got a wonderful kid now, and things have been going well.

I'm real happy. I've been lucky in love, and I've got a wonderful kid now, and things have been going well.

- James Mercer

I have no ethics when it comes to art. You just do what you can to make it as beautiful as you can.

I have no ethics when it comes to art. You just do what you can to make it as beautiful as you can.

- James Mercer

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