I've always sort of felt like what the Shins is, I guess, is a vehicle for my writing. James Mercer More Quotes by James Mercer More Quotes From James Mercer The thing that inspires me most is empathizing with people's flaws and seeing how they deal with them. That sort of connection you feel with someone when you realize that maybe even the negative things that they've said or done are because of insecurities or injuries they've endured. James Mercer insecurityinspirepeople One thing that I've struggled with has been a certain amount of animosity toward the whole human race. James Mercer certainhumansrace Humans are social creatures that really crave intimacy. James Mercer intimacyhumanssocial There's something artistic about skating. A psychologist could tell you exactly why that is, but I think there's something much more expressive that gives you a lot of room for unique and individual expression. Whatever you're interested in can become something you kind of own in your group of skater friends. James Mercer uniqueexpressionthinking I think that was going on with bands like The Strokes was that the idea of the band, a real band, was making a comeback. My brother in law is an example- before he was listening to some country music, even some of that awful nu-metal stuff , but there weren't many options really. James Mercer realbrothercountry I kissed my first girl when I was 15, and then I lost my virginity when I was 17. So that's pretty good. It was just that when you're in high school, you're sort of forced into the normal world, where you're competing with the football players, just kind of in that world where somebody like me didn't quite fit in. James Mercer girlfootballschool My dad and I get into it all the time. He loves to discuss politics much more than I do and we have pretty heated conversations. James Mercer my-daddadconversation My extended family is very political and very polar with each other, and it's put a bad taste in my mouth. All the rhetoric going back and forth and sort of hating on each other. So I'm not an extremely politically active person at this stage of my life. James Mercer rhetoricpoliticalhate I really know so little about recording, and I'm learning as I go. James Mercer knowslittles I'm not really excited about the idea of committing to anything permanently. James Mercer excitedideas I really [enjoy] working with new people and just sort of the freshness of it. ... I [want] to have those new conversations, musically and otherwise. James Mercer wantconversationpeople If you're 14 and you're skinny, you can't be on the football team, basically. It's just not even really possible. But skating is something that you can do that gets that athletic urge satisfied, but you get to do it on your own terms. You can be as ballsy as you want to be. It was perfect for me. James Mercer teamperfectfootball I tend to [have] a lot of ideas but then just leave them in that infant form and kind of move on. James Mercer kindideasmoving I was a regular dork. I was a kid who was scrawny and all that, and probably kind of dumb or something. I wasn't unordinary; I wasn't extraordinary. James Mercer dumbkindkids Horrible dates are when you're with people who are immature and can't really be comfortable in their own skin. James Mercer immatureskinspeople I suppose, if someone was into baseball for an extended period of time during their formative years, they're always going to be interested in it. James Mercer periodsbaseballyears I think perfect dates involve walking a lot, and not a bunch of driving around in cars. Ideally, you can walk together and go to a restaurant. James Mercer carperfectthinking I think that what's funny is that I seem to be taking up the roles that I remember my dad having - for some reason, I'm the one who makes the coffee, and my dad was always that guy. It's kind of shocking how closely I compare to my dad. James Mercer dadcoffeethinking I've never gone through an audition process or anything. In most of my decisions like that, I just kind of feel it out: You know, do I feel comfortable with this person? James Mercer auditionsdecisiongone I do like talking with friends about big concepts, you know, the stuff that will ruin a party. To me, the party hasn't begun until we're talking about the nonexistence of God. James Mercer ruinspartytalking
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