“Louisville is a place with no labels. It’s not the South, it’s not Chicago, and you don’t think of it as you think of New York or LA. It has some Southern romanticism to it, but also a Northern progressivism, this weird urban island in the middle of the state of Kentucky that has always provided a fertile, often dark, bed. For us, Louisville and the surrounding areas are the center of massive creativity and massive weirdness. The place has its flaws: You move away, but you’re always going to come back.” ThinkingStatesMovingDarkCreativityMiddleNew YorkBedAreasSouthLabelsIslandsMassiveFlawsChicagoSouthernUrbanRomanticismFertileWeirdnessKentuckyProgressivismLouisville Author:Jim James
“I just enjoy collaborating. I think there is always something to be learned, and I think that one could never collaborate enough - that would be impossible. So I am always excited and honored when someone wants to work with me.” ThinkingWantEnoughWould BeEnjoyImpossibleExcitedHonoredCollaborating Author:Jim James
“I think one's musical life should be free and open to new experience in order to keep expanding your mind and horizons.” ThinkingShouldMindOrderMusicalHorizonExpandingNew ExperiencesMusical Life Author:Jim James
“I think that live music is something that the Internet can never kill.” ThinkingInternetMusic IsLive Music Author:Jim James
“It is just so cool to play on the beach right next to the water. I am deeply moved by water as I think most people are - so to play music with it is a most powerful experience.” PeopleThinkingPlayNextWaterPowerfulMovedBeachMost Powerful Author:Jim James
“When I had dinner with a friend or a loved one and one of you pays for the check and the other says, "I owe you next time." I like to think that we're eternally even - that they don't owe me anything or I don't owe them anything if you have a connection with somebody or a love with somebody. I like to think that there's no debt to pay. You love each other and you're happy to pay for dinner every time.” IfsThinkingNextPayConnectionsDinnerDebtChecksLoved OnesNext TimeLove Each Other Author:Jim James
“I feel lucky that I even have the luxury to write about feeling lonely or feeling confused. When you think about climate change that means that we won't have an Earth to be lonely on.” ThinkingFeelsWritingMeanFeelingsEarthLuckyLonelyClimateClimate ChangeLuxuryConfusedFeeling Lonely Author:Jim James
“God forbid Donald Trump gets elected president; think about how many people are going to get f**ked over or how much harder we're going to have to fight for equality.” PeopleThinkingFightingPresidentTrumpHarderKeds Author:Jim James
“I think a lot of people vote in fear. People like Donald Trump are good at casting this shadow of fear over people, making them believe if they don't vote for him then the terrorists are going to get them or whatever. All his ways are to scare people to vote for him. It's so sad.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayBelieveTrumpShadowVoteTerroristScareCastingSo Sad Author:Jim James
“It's tough to make music and make it your own, and not have somebody call it something you don't agree with but can't control. Sometimes the press doesn't realize how much power they have and how they can shape somebody's life. I think there's a lot of people just trying to make music and get their art out there, and their heads get f**ked by the press calling them this or calling them that.” PeopleThinkingTryingArtSometimesRealizingCallingShapesToughAgreePressesKeds Author:Jim James
“You might see someone with dreadlocks and label them a hippie in your head, but that doesn't mean they think of themselves that way. A lot of people look at me and see I have a beard and shaggy hair, and think I'm a hippie. I'm not a hippie, and I'm not not a hippie. I don't know what the f**k I am.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayLooksMeanMightHairLabelsLook At MeBeardHippieDreadlocks Author:Jim James
“I think it's every artist's dream to create something that will endure, something that people will listen to until there are no more people on earth to listen to things.” PeopleThinkingDreamEarthArtistEndure Author:Jim James
“I'm not the kind of person that's so self-confident that I would ever think I had recorded anything great. I know that whenever we finish an album and turn it in, I know that in my deepest heart of hearts that we did the best that we could. Only time goes on to tell what I will think of it 10 years later or if people will listen to it forever or if people will get tired of it.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsYearsHeartKindPersonsSelfTurnsForeverGoes OnTiredAlbumsOnly TimeSelf ConfidentTime Goes On Author:Jim James
“I think there are lots of things that people think are so different but they're not. People think there is a huge difference between hip hop and country music, but there is really not when you start looking into themes and what people are struggling with or celebrating. When you break it down to the chords and the beats it is all the same. Personally, I am obsessed with music as it is a limitless tunnel that you can explore.” PeopleThinkingDifferentCountryBreakStruggleHip HopCelebrateObsessedLimitless Author:Jim James
“Songwriting is ... all about intuition - this thing pops into your head for a reason and it's up to you to follow it. It's like there's a spirit, or intuitive network, that comes through all of us, but most people don't take the time to think about it or remember it. These little things pop into our heads - it's just a process of intuition. The initial thought comes in a baby state, and you work on that some more.” PeopleThinkingWritingLittlesStatesReasonRememberSpiritProcessBabyPopsIntuitionSongwritingLittle ThingsIntuitiveInitialsUp To YouTime To Think Author:Jim James
