Author: Sufjan Stevens

Quotes

Audacity is central to everything I do. A lot of times I think my work is about just seeing if I can get away with it.

Audacity is central to everything I do. A lot of times I think my work is about just seeing if I can get away with it.

- Sufjan Stevens

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.

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.

- Sufjan Stevens

I am not naturally inclined to history or geography - maybe that's why I like to sing about it, because it helps me remember.

I am not naturally inclined to history or geography - maybe that's why I like to sing about it, because it helps me remember.

- Sufjan Stevens

My anxiety level of my own work and what I'm doing and focusing on my art and all of that stuff? That's fundamental.

My anxiety level of my own work and what I'm doing and focusing on my art and all of that stuff? That's fundamental.

- Sufjan Stevens

You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I don't think it's art. I just think it's music. It is what it is.

You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I don't think it's art. I just think it's music. It is what it is.

- Sufjan Stevens

My only concern about art collaborations is that I never thought of myself as an Artist. My tax forms say Musician/Songwriter.

My only concern about art collaborations is that I never thought of myself as an Artist. My tax forms say Musician/Songwriter.

- Sufjan Stevens

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