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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 40 quotes by Sufjan Stevens Sufjan Stevens (/ˈsuːfjɑːn/ SOOF-yahn; born July 1, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter and musician born in Detroit, Michigan. Stevens first began releasing his music on Asthmatic Kitty, a label co-founded with his stepfather, beginning with the 1999 release, A Sun Came. He is best known for his 2005 album, Illinois, which hit number one in the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, and for the song "Chicago". Stevens has released albums of... Read full biography of Sufjan Stevens → ← Ctrl 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → I love anything by Tchaikovsky. He was the real pop star of his day. 0 I think musicians should stay off television generally. 0 I wouldn't mind being popular in other ways, but not with music. 0 It's hard to say if actual places really affect the way you write. 0 A musician's attempt to summarize his or her work leads to all this prescriptive chatter, or what I call the 'Modifier's Madness.' A... → 0 I believe that music is a spiritual language. My everyday self is pretty mundane and boring, but when I'm making music it allows for me to... → 0 The spiritual ambiguity growing up made me really latch onto a faith - Protestantism - that was somewhat conventional. Everyone else was rebelling... → 0 I always hated 'O Holy Night.' It's so operatic and overwrought. 0 I was sort of born into a Subud cult that has ties to Islam and Indonesia and Middle Eastern spiritualism. My parents were kind of trial-and-error... → 0 My music is just about story telling. I don't have much to say, and I'm not trying to change anyone's mind. I'm just singing through... → 0 In third grade, I had to an oral report on the state of Oregon. I brought up Big Foot sightings, and I remember there was an argument about whether... → 0 The World's Fair was the precursor to theme parks like Disneyworld, and the really sort of cheap, superficial promotional architecture that you... → 0 I come from a folk tradition where you just dance however you feel comfortable. 0 ← Ctrl 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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