“I'm more interested in pulling out strands of joy from both myself and the audience. I'm not saying the music or songs are "light," just that when they're performed with the correct commitment it's a source of real pleasure, for me anyway.” RealLightJoySongPleasureAudienceSourceCommitmentPullingStrands Author:Michael Gira
“Many of the songs were written as a way of paying tribute to specific people, but in the end the songs took on a life of their own and I didn't worry about accuracy or biographical truth, so it's not a problem.” PeopleWayEndsProblemSongWorryWrittenTributeAccuracy Author:Michael Gira
“I got involved, for the most part, in the actual song construction, lyrics even. I didn't want to write the lyrics, but if there was a howler in there, I definitely pointed it out. Just trying to bring it up to a higher level. Of course, after a couple records, people get fed up with that. That's fine.” PeopleIfsWantWritingTryingSongCoursesLevelsRecordsFineCoupleHigherInvolvedFedsConstructionHigher LevelFed Up Author:Michael Gira
