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

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I think anyone who knows the audio process knows what mixing and... by Jim James

I think anyone who knows the audio process knows what mixing and mastering is.

i-think who think process

I feel like everybody's got their health issues and their battles, and yeah, mine go up and down. It's never really over.

down feel never health

I was talking to my publisher, Jamie Ceretta, who's one of my closest confidants and allies when I'm working on new music. I feel like I can always count on his judgement because he'll tell me if he doesn't like something. It's sometimes hard to get people to tell you if they don't like something.

me you music people

Ever since I got back surgery, everything in my life has been about reduction. I've got the lightest backpack I can carry and the lightest MacBook.

my-life back i-can life

When I was maybe three years old, I was obsessed with this song 'Leader of the Band' by Dan Fogelberg. My mom took me to the mall and bought me a 45 of it. We would listen to that song all the time.

me mom time song

I tried to score a few films with this composer Brian Reitzell here in L.A. We made a bunch of music we really loved, but we got fired from the film for being too weird.

weird loved being music

I got really hooked on this riff in the middle of this song called 'Minor Miracles' by my friend Eric Johnson from Fruit Bats. I got the tracks for that from him, and that turned into 'Here in Spirit.'

miracles friend fruit song

Lou Reed's spirit and the way he did things was so important. Him and his music mean so much to me as the years go by.

me music important way

Anyone who knows music knows that Neil is about as real as it can get, and this along with seeing him perform 'Harvest Moon' on 'SNL' was my first experience knowing what real music really felt like.

experience music moon real

I just love being in the studio, and that's kind of what I do when I'm not on the road. I'm just in the studio messing with stuff, and I love playing all the instruments.

road just being love

Somebody brought up the idea of reissuing 'Tribute To 1' because... by Jim James

Somebody brought up the idea of reissuing 'Tribute To 1' because it was out of print on vinyl.

somebody because up vinyl

I heard the Abbey Lincoln song 'The World is Falling Down,' and i... by Jim James

I heard the Abbey Lincoln song 'The World is Falling Down,' and it just resonated with me so deeply.

down me song world

I've got a studio at home, and I'm always recording. by Jim James

I've got a studio at home, and I'm always recording.

recording got always home

I've gotten into doing electronic books and audiobooks, so I have an iPad. I still love reading a real book, but when you travel, it's better than carrying around a bunch of books.

you love book travel

I was always kind of against streaming, but I've been traveling so much, and I usually carry a huge hard drive of digital music with me, but I haven't had time to deal with it, so I've been doing streaming. And I had this incredible breakthrough of weightlessness where I've really been loving streaming music.

drive me music time

'The Muppet Show' was huge. I watched it all the time as a kid, and I really loved the way they used music on that. I also remember hearing the radio in the car as a kid, like Stevie Wonder and Simon and Garfunkel.

car music time remember