I have an aversion to conformity. Jeremy Enigk More Quotes by Jeremy Enigk More Quotes From Jeremy Enigk Believe in all the good things you keep inside Jeremy Enigk freedom mind believe Life is a musical influence in my experience. But as far as actual music and actual bands, uh, I'll just look at my little collection here. Let's see. Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, U2, The Talking Heads, Prince and the Revolution, Michael Jackson's Thriller was a huge one. Jeremy Enigk musical talking looks I don't listen to my own stuff unless I've been drinking a lot. Jeremy Enigk my-own drinking stuff It's important for me to say something, and with wisdom if I can. I don't think there's anything wrong with just going out there and having fun and goofing around. I want to experiment with that too. But yeah, I feel like I have a responsibility to produce something hopeful, and maybe inspirational to people. When people come up to be and tell me how my music has changed their lives, that only encourages me to take it more seriously. Sometimes I get annoyed with myself for getting too serious, but that's just what I need to do. Jeremy Enigk responsibility fun thinking I felt that we started to go through the motions. Our hearts weren't there. Because we were always working on the band, and it became more about selling records than about writing and being passionate. That's why I ultimately lost interest. I don't want to speak for everybody, but I personally started to lose interest because we were doing it for the wrong reasons. It became monotony and it just wasn't fun anymore. Yeah, an obligation. Jeremy Enigk heart writing fun I feel like everybody knows the world isn't the happiest, most peaceful place. And though everybody has an idea of what's wrong, we're not changing it for the better. Jeremy Enigk peaceful world My music is music that Christians and Catholics can listen to. Muslims. Buddhists. And non-religious people as well. It's just music. You can look at the music in several different ways. It's music for everybody. Jeremy Enigk buddhist christian people There are bands now, and for years, that called themselves emo. I never followed that stuff. Jeremy Enigk emo band years Trying to be creative, yet having to deal with the day to day - I mean, there is a lot of stuff to deal with. Like sitting at the computer and sending emails. Jeremy Enigk creative trying mean Even when I am forced to conform - we all are on many levels - that line is definitive. It says exactly what it means: Be an individual, you know? Be yourself. Jeremy Enigk being-yourself levels mean Almost everything I do, especially later on, is really very scripted. And I do it over and over again until it's perfect. Jeremy Enigk perfect I don't have a label, I don't have a manager, I'm doing everything myself. Jeremy Enigk managers labels
