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18 quotes by J. Tillman

Joshua Tillman (born May 3, 1981), also known as J. Tillman or Father John Misty, is an American folk singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer. Maintaining a steady output of solo recordings since 2004, Tillman is a former member of indie rock bands Saxon Shore and Fleet Foxes and has toured extensively with Pacific Northwest artists Damien Jurado, Jesse Sykes, and David Bazan.
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My humor is my creativity, and my skepticism is a gift.

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There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.

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When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had... →

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I would play my Dungeons and Dragons songs and watch people's eyes glaze over, and then I would start joking around between songs, and all of a... →

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Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.

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I try to make myself, and subsequently the audience, as uncomfortable as possible, whether it's completely desecrating a song they thought was... →

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I've been writing a lot about my encounter with love. Which is the white stag as far as songwriting is concerned because love songs are so banal... →

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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... →

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I was like, 'Josh Tillman, you are not a songwriter. You are an ape. Stop thinking of yourself as a songwriter.'

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Laurel Canyon is kind of grotesque. It's this nature-themed place, and everybody is kind of angry.

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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.

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I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.

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I've never taken the steps to be 'successful': I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house.

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