Doing this James Brown thing for the last couple of days has been ideal. But it's a different kind of fun. Jules Shear More Quotes by Jules Shear More Quotes From Jules Shear Shouldn't the low strings be at the bottom? Jules Shear stringsbottomlows Some people just come in, do it and they know it's right. It turns out better than you imagined it was going to sound. When that happens, you take it as a gift. Jules Shear turnssoundpeople If you're asking me to compare myself to other people, I don't really know what other people are like. Jules Shear compareaskingpeople I taught myself how to play when I was about 13. I'm a lefty. Jules Shear leftiestaughtplay Rewriting to me means, if I work on it for three days, I've rewritten it. Jules Shear rewritingthreemean I love to get people to sing and play together. Jules Shear togetherplaypeople I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights. Jules Shear rightssongthinking I don't know too many people because I stay at my house, I write songs, I go to the store. Jules Shear writingsongpeople The bottom string is tuned to an open G. Jules Shear stringsbottom The nice thing about true hopelessness is that you don't have to try again. Jules Shear hopelessnessnicetrying Some gigs will go great. I figure you do a gig, and as many as can get there will get there. Jules Shear gigsfigures I saw Krishnamurti speak one time. And I thought, I'm not going to live here. Jules Shear one-timesawsspeak Why do it, just because I can? That's kind of crazy. Jules Shear madnesscrazykind Every one of the songs was based around picking an acoustic guitar. That was part of the concept from the beginning, that the tempos were going to go from slow to almost mid-tempo. Jules Shear acousticsguitarsong I just sat down and thought, I'm going to write a song today, I'm going to give it a try. So I just stuck it on a tape like everything else. That was just another song. Jules Shear writingsonggiving I guess any time you believe in God you've got to be considered a spiritual person. That would make me a spiritual person. But I don't really know what that means. Jules Shear spiritualmeanbelieve A person like Carole King could make up something, change it, and actually improve it. Jules Shear things-changepersonskings Things kind of happen organically with me. Jules Shear kindhappens I was living in Woodstock for a long time, and I thought, I got to get out of here, man. Jules Shear woodstockmenlong People don't come to Asheville very often, and they don't know I'm there. I enjoy it. I like it. Jules Shear enjoyknowspeople
