I made a decision as a child that I would never let anyone tell me that I was invalid or inauthentic, or that my experiences were. Josh Tillman More Quotes by Josh Tillman More Quotes From Josh Tillman Imagine about as much destructing as you can imagine in a car. He ripped door panels off. He tore the steering wheel off. Josh Tillman us He kind of stopped and looked at us like no big deal and took off. Josh Tillman us What a crazy coincidence that the teaching of Christ sees to be so compatible with late-era capitalism, suburban isolation, rampant consumerism. And so I am not ever surprised when I see evangelicals contort themselves to justify supporting Donald Trump. Josh Tillman i-amseecapitalismcrazy I think you only have to pull stunts if the content of your music is meaningless. Josh Tillman yourthinkyoumusic My last album as J. Tillman, 'Singing Ax,' that was really a premeditated death rattle of the aesthetic precedent I had set. I realized I wasn't creating spontaneously; I was enforcing all these parameters. I was too self-loathing or something, and there was this obvious dissonance between my conversational voice and creative voice. Josh Tillman aestheticsingingvoicedeath Interpretive thinking, as an art form, is dying. Josh Tillman formdyingartthinking I think that life is messy and that human beings are insane. Josh Tillman humanthinkmessylife The main criticism people have of me is, 'Why are you trying so hard? This guy's exhausting.' Yeah, I am! That's my way of trying to get love. Josh Tillman i-ammeyoulove J. Tillman was kind of an alter ego. There was a lot I didn't want people to know about my real life. With Father John Misty, I leave everything in: so much so that I lose sleep before these albums come out because there is always a line or two in there where I'm just like, 'This is not going to go down very well.' Josh Tillman sleeplifefatherpeople I play sad bastard music. For the money. Josh Tillman sadmusicmoneyplay With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be really powerful. My songs are all joyful to me. Josh Tillman mesadmusicpowerful It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased. Josh Tillman purchasedthinkvanityexperience My humor is my creativity, and my skepticism is a gift. Josh Tillman giftskepticismcreativityhumor I try to make myself, and subsequently the audience, as uncomfortable as possible, whether it's completely desecrating a song they thought was one thing, or getting too drunk to really do a very good job. Josh Tillman jobgoodmyselfsong I think that providing obstructions in the live setting is when you get something that actually means something, as opposed to just aping your way through your greatest hits. Josh Tillman livethinkyouway I've never taken the steps to be 'successful': I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house. Josh Tillman managerneversuccessfulhouse You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine or 10 verses and then boil it down to two or three that are half the length of the original verses. Josh Tillman downstartmeyou I was like, 'Josh Tillman, you are not a songwriter. You are an ape. Stop thinking of yourself as a songwriter.' Josh Tillman stopyourselfyouthinking I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket. Josh Tillman playinggoldenboredband Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power. Josh Tillman goodyoupowerfunny
