I don't think you can be good in life without acknowledging the part of you that isn't good. Jeff Tweedy More Quotes by Jeff Tweedy More Quotes From Jeff Tweedy I don't really feel like you're making a record unless you pay attention to it. Jeff Tweedy recordspayattention We live in a connected world now. Some find that frightening. If people are downloading our music, they're listening to it. The internet is like radio for us. Jeff Tweedy scarylisteningpeople I have always thought it was important to maintain some connection for myself to what it takes to make a song work by myself, to put a song across to an audience by myself. Jeff Tweedy connectionsimportantsong I don't believe every download is a lost sale. Jeff Tweedy downloadslostbelieve 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 ablehealthypast Even when I don't think I'm writing, I'm writing. There's some part of my brain geared toward making songs up, and I know it's collecting things and I know when I get a moment to be by myself, that's when they come out. Jeff Tweedy writingsongthinking 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 donefeelssong The sublime moment seems to be only a product of allowing yourself to get through, to get to a lot of stuff in your life, write about a lot of stuff and not edit yourself. That is a great lesson to learn for anybody that writes or creates in anyway, to be able to make something without being good or bad. Jeff Tweedy sublimelessonswriting I don't know where people get the idea that every Wilco record is supposed to have drama. OK, I guess historically speaking we've had our fair share of ups and downs. Jeff Tweedy dramapeopleideas All my lies are only wishes / I know I would die if I could come back new. Jeff Tweedy wishknowslying I don't think there is anything hard at all about having a lot of songs. It makes it easier to be less precious about them, and know that everybody's going to want to work on some of them. Jeff Tweedy wantsongthinking I always think I don't have any songs, I don't have anything I'm working on, and I get in the studio and realize there are 20 things I'm thinking about. It's just kind of second nature. Jeff Tweedy kindsongthinking You obviously don't really forget how to play the old songs; you just don't have to spend so much time convincing yourself that you remember them. Way less mental energy is spent swimming around in lyrics you've already written and chords you've already played. Jeff Tweedy yourselfyouswimmingtime I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absurd. Jeff Tweedy thinkyoufailurelife We'd been noticing how much more important the internet had become - once information is out there in the world now, anyone can get it. Since that was beginning to happen with the record anyway, we figured, OK, let's just stream it for free ourselves. Jeff Tweedy beginninginternetimportantworld I just try to get inside the song and imagine what comes next. Jeff Tweedy insidetrynextsong 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 feeljoylifeworld Even the most dismal and hopeless-sounding Wilco music, to my ears, has always maintained a level of hope and consolation. Jeff Tweedy alwaysmusichopeears I think art is a consolation regardless of its content. It has the power to move and make you feel like you're not. Jeff Tweedy feelyoupowerart I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time. Jeff Tweedy beenlong-timetimelong
