“I don't just want to do something that is purely stuck in a genre box. I would like to have the kind of autonomy...” Quote by George Nolfi
“There is something about dance that is actually a great tension. There is something that is incredibly freeing about dancing for dancers who do it. They tend to be really arty and interesting people in real life. At the same time, they have an incredibly rigorous training schedule.” PeopleRealInterestingTrainingDancingReal LifeTensionDancerBeing RealSchedules Author:George Nolfi
“I usually kind of can't wait until my records leak. Back in the day, you could give people tapes, but you can't do that anymore, because it would be available to everyone on the planet within an hour.” PeopleGivingKindWould BeWaitingHoursRecordsPlanetsAvailableTapeLeaksBack In The Day Author:John Darnielle
“If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of them. We go to countries like Germany, where I can't imagine that all of my fans are engaging with the lyrics first and foremost. I think they're catching a vibe, a feeling. I consider myself a lyricist first and foremost, but if you get something else out of what I do, that's fine too. I'm not sitting back and telling people how they have to take my stuff. We just want to play music, and hope that people like it.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFirstsI CanCountryPlayFeelingsSongStuffImagineFansFineSittingGladGermanyImagine ThatEngagingCatchingLyricists Author:John Darnielle
“There are Easter eggs in every book I've ever written. I think in the first one I called Scientology "Diabology," but I was scared, so I didn't tell many people what it really meant.” PeopleThinkingFirstsBookWrittenScaredEggsEasterReally MeanScientologyEaster Egg Author:Kate Bornstein
“Growing up we were secular Jews, but what I got out of Judaism at that time in my life was questions. Everything was a question. "Dad, is there a heaven? Is there a hell?" You never could get an answer. That informed a lot of my reasons for getting into Scientology, because they had all the answers. They said I was not my body, not my mind. I don't have a soul; I am an immortal soul. I've lived many lives and I'll live endlessly into the future, and as an immortal soul I have no gender.” MindSaidSoulReasonBodyHeavenAnswersHellGrowing UpGrowingDadJewGenderImmortalSecularThey SaidJudaismScientologyImmortal Soul Author:Kate Bornstein
“When you're a Scientologist it's like the movie Goodfellas, where the gangsters hang out with only other gangsters. We only hung out with each other, so we knew we were saving the world.” WorldSavingHanging OutHungSave The WorldGangsters Author:Kate Bornstein
“I honor anybody who wants to be a man and do the work of becoming a man. I honor anyone who mindfully becomes a woman. That's cool. But, I really don't get how there's only two choices. There's no two of anything else in the entire universe; why should there only be two genders? I don't get it.” MenWantShouldTwoChoicesUniverseBecomingHonorGenderBe A ManTwo ChoicesBecoming A Man Author:Kate Bornstein
“I never considered myself an Americana artist, but I'm a huge fan of old-time music from the States, the recordings that were made in the '20s and '30s. Trying to chase down the exact stylistic trappings of that stuff always felt like a dead end. That spirit of directness and economy, but also the poetic pungency of the writing and almost ugly, or raw, performance - all that seemed like the real message. I've just tried to somehow stay true to that feeling.” WritingTryingMadeRealEndsStatesFeelingsSpiritArtistFeltStuffEconomyFansHugeMessagesPerformancesUglyPoeticStay TrueDead EndsOld TimeAmericanaOld Time Music Author:Will Sheff
“If you were a performer that only had an acoustic instrument, back in the day you couldn't hide behind your guitar pedals or the production or the vibe. There was performance and then there was the song, and that was all that you had.” IfsSongBehindsPerformancesInstrumentsGuitarProductionsPerformersAcousticsBack In The DayPedals Author:Will Sheff
“I think that anything is a form of folk music. That's just me being glib, but the thing I like the best about humans, and there are not many other things besides this, is that humans make culture. If you're an artist, a big part of folk is noticing what other people are doing and incorporating it and changing it - the way that songs warp and change over time.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayHumansBigsFormArtistSongCultureFolksNoticingFolk MusicWarpIncorporatingChanges Over Time Author:Will Sheff