Author: Jeff Tweedy

Quotes

I was never at my best when I was at my worst. When I did do good stuff in the past, it was because I was able to transcend the parts of my being that weren't healthy.

I was never at my best when I was at my worst. When I did do good stuff in the past, it was because I was able to transcend the parts of my being that weren't healthy.

- Jeff Tweedy

Writing songs has always been hard and easy. It's not always easy when you want it to be, and then sometimes it's just like turning on the faucet. That's just the nature of it.

Writing songs has always been hard and easy. It's not always easy when you want it to be, and then sometimes it's just like turning on the faucet. That's just the nature of it.

- Jeff Tweedy

I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time.

I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time.

- Jeff Tweedy

I like making songs up. Whether or not they're great songs or good songs, whatever. It's something I've always done, and I definitely feel like I've gotten better at it.

I like making songs up. Whether or not they're great songs or good songs, whatever. It's something I've always done, and I definitely feel like I've gotten better at it.

- Jeff Tweedy

I don't think you can be good in life without acknowledging the part of you that isn't good.

I don't think you can be good in life without acknowledging the part of you that isn't good.

- Jeff Tweedy

Treating your audience like thieves is absurd. Anyone who chooses to listen to our music becomes a collaborator.

Treating your audience like thieves is absurd. Anyone who chooses to listen to our music becomes a collaborator.

- Jeff Tweedy

I guess I don't think there's any reason to feel guilty about having joy in your life, regardless of how bad things are in the world.

I guess I don't think there's any reason to feel guilty about having joy in your life, regardless of how bad things are in the world.

- Jeff Tweedy

I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absurd.

I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absurd.

- Jeff Tweedy

Even the most dismal and hopeless-sounding Wilco music, to my ears, has always maintained a level of hope and consolation.

Even the most dismal and hopeless-sounding Wilco music, to my ears, has always maintained a level of hope and consolation.

- Jeff Tweedy

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