Jeff Tweedy
Musician
1967-08-25
Quotes by Jeff Tweedy
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You have to learn how to die if you wanna be alive.
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You have to learn how to die if you wanna be alive.
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I've been obsessed with seeing life through music. My records, my relationship with records, my relationship with rock stars, everything that surrounds it, has been really one of the only ways that I ever started to understand the world.
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You obviously don't really forget how to play the old songs; you just don't have to spend so much time convincing yourself that you remember them. Way less mental energy is spent swimming around in lyrics you've already written and chords you've already played.
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Treating your audience like thieves is absurd. Anyone who chooses to listen to our music becomes a collaborator.
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I always found the concept of a tortured artist distasteful.
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I was never at my best when I was at my worst. When I did do good stuff in the past, it was because I was able to transcend the parts of my being that weren't healthy.
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