“I don't feel any obligation to make my intentions for a song accessible to a listener or an audience. I'm not interested in conveying anything to them so much as what's best for me.” FeelsSongAudienceIntentionObligationNot InterestedListenersConveying Author:J Tillman
“You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine or 10 verses and then boil it down to two or three that are half the length of the original verses. I think for me it's about what you leave out [rather] than what you put in. I'm not sure that the songs help me figure anything out so much as they're a distillation of the original question.” ThinkingKnowsWritingTwoHelpingSongThreeHalfEconomyFiguresOriginalsNineNot SureHelp MeLengthVersesDistillation Author:J Tillman
“I try to make myself, and subsequently the audience, as uncomfortable as possible, whether it's completely desecrating a song they thought was one thing, or getting too drunk to really do a very good job.” TryingJobsSongAudienceOne ThingVery GoodDrunkUncomfortableGood Job Author:J Tillman
