If you do something, you should do it because you love it, and you should follow your heart and make it how your heart wants it to be made. But it's a difficult world, especially for musicians. Jim James More Quotes by Jim James More Quotes From Jim James When I had dinner with a friend or a loved one and one of you pays for the check and the other says, "I owe you next time." I like to think that we're eternally even - that they don't owe me anything or I don't owe them anything if you have a connection with somebody or a love with somebody. I like to think that there's no debt to pay. You love each other and you're happy to pay for dinner every time. Jim James debt connections thinking People always want reasons for things ... but sometimes there are no reasons. Jim James want sometimes people You can drive at 16, go to war at 18, drink at 21, and retire at 65. So who can say what age you have to be to find your true love? Jim James mature-love age war I think that live music is something that the Internet can never kill. Jim James internet music-is thinking Louisville is a place with no labels. It’s not the South, it’s not Chicago, and you don’t think of it as you think of New York or LA. It has some Southern romanticism to it, but also a Northern progressivism, this weird urban island in the middle of the state of Kentucky that has always provided a fertile, often dark, bed. For us, Louisville and the surrounding areas are the center of massive creativity and massive weirdness. The place has its flaws: You move away, but you’re always going to come back. Jim James creativity new-york moving Don't let your silly dreams fall in between the crack of the bed and the wall. Jim James wall dream silly Some things cannot be explained. This is part of the magic of life. There cannot be a word or an idea or a definition attached to everything. Jim James magic definitions ideas Songwriting is ... all about intuition - this thing pops into your head for a reason and it's up to you to follow it. It's like there's a spirit, or intuitive network, that comes through all of us, but most people don't take the time to think about it or remember it. These little things pop into our heads - it's just a process of intuition. The initial thought comes in a baby state, and you work on that some more. Jim James writing baby thinking Reading is one of the greatest forms of magic available to us on the planet. Jim James magic form reading Fashion is one of the most beautiful forms of art we have. It's a form of art that every person gets to possess and create for themselves. Jim James fashion beautiful art I feel like hate and darkness get so much airtime. We need to give peace and love as much airtime as we can. We need to be teaching our kids that it's okay to love whoever you want to love, and it's okay to be who you want to be, and it's okay to feel that everybody should be treated equally and with respect. Such simple things that I don't know why it's hard for people to understand. Jim James hate teaching kids I feel lucky that I even have the luxury to write about feeling lonely or feeling confused. When you think about climate change that means that we won't have an Earth to be lonely on. Jim James confused lonely writing I am very blessed to have a great group of long-term friends and a huge family that has been very loving and supportive. I try to stay connected to that and contribute as much as I can. Jim James supportive blessed long I think one's musical life should be free and open to new experience in order to keep expanding your mind and horizons. Jim James new-experiences order thinking It is just so cool to play on the beach right next to the water. I am deeply moved by water as I think most people are - so to play music with it is a most powerful experience. Jim James powerful beach thinking Huge events in life inform you in so many ways that you know about and many other ways that you cannot even comprehend. To go through a big experience can have such a profound impact on everything that you do. It's the common thing that everyone says about a tragedy - it is a really tough thing to happen but it is amazing, and a gift, if you can look at the positive aspects that come out and the friendships that are made from the people that provided help and support. Jim James support profound people I think there are lots of things that people think are so different but they're not. People think there is a huge difference between hip hop and country music, but there is really not when you start looking into themes and what people are struggling with or celebrating. When you break it down to the chords and the beats it is all the same. Personally, I am obsessed with music as it is a limitless tunnel that you can explore. Jim James struggle country thinking I can't understand how some bands are criticized for doing something different and other bands are rewarded for doing things different. At the end of the day, I throw my hands up in the air and say, "F**k it." I've come to accept that no matter what we do, there's going to be somebody out there on the Internet that says it's a piece of s**t and somebody who says they really like it. That's happened with every single album we've put out. Jim James the-end-of-the-day air hands I'm not the kind of person that's so self-confident that I would ever think I had recorded anything great. I know that whenever we finish an album and turn it in, I know that in my deepest heart of hearts that we did the best that we could. Only time goes on to tell what I will think of it 10 years later or if people will listen to it forever or if people will get tired of it. Jim James tired heart thinking I think it's every artist's dream to create something that will endure, something that people will listen to until there are no more people on earth to listen to things. Jim James artist dream thinking
