“When I run across something that feels like a real eye-opener, it's gonna have an influence on me forever.” Quote by J. Robbins
“Because as much as I love figuring out other people's puzzles, and love putting words together in ways that feel good to sing and sound good together and suit the melody, I think most of the best songs in the world are fairly clear about what they mean to say.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayFeelsMeanTogetherSongSoundClearAnd LoveFeel GoodSuitsMelodyPuzzles Author:J. Robbins
“It's sort of a fine line where you're dying to express it and then hoping no one really gets it that closely. But I'm pretty much over that. I'd really just like to be understood.” LinesDyingFineUnderstoodFine Lines Author:J. Robbins
“He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature.” ReasonEnoughSlave Book:Politics Source: Politics
“When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.” KnowsComedyClothingsBackwardsInfant Book:Paperweight Source: Paperweight
“My ultimate goal is to drive people back to the books, when I think of an adaptation.” PeopleThinkingBookGoalUltimateAdaptationUltimate Goal Author:Lev Grossman
“I'd been in a couple situations where I'd seen bands realize that they didn't have to get a good take in order to get something that sounded like a song. The musicians are there and they don't quite have it together, and then the engineer says, "Oh! That's okay, I'll just cut and paste the verse!"” TogetherSongOrderRealizingSituationCuttingCoupleBandMusicianOkayEngineersVerses Author:J. Robbins
“One of my favorite things as an engineer is watching a band get comfortable in the studio and getting a great take. Like, they're playing the song, warming up, and then suddenly, the communication really happens and everybody's really in the song, and they nail it, and then that's the take.” HappensSongCommunicationBandComfortableMy FavoriteStudiosEngineersNailsFavorites ThingsWarming Up Author:J. Robbins
“I feel that's one of the central questions of fantasy. What did we lose when we entered the 20th and 21st century, and how can we mourn what we lost, and what can we replace it with? We're still asking those questions in an urgent way.” WayFeelsStillsLostLosesFantasyCenturyAsking21st CenturyUrgentMourn Author:Lev Grossman
“Stage presence is not something I spend a whole lot of time thinking about. On the one hand, I do, because I have, like, favorite front-people and I know what's excited me to see in a band. But I can't be David Yow [Jesus Lizard frontman] and still play guitar.” PeopleThinkingKnowsStillsI CanPlayWholeHandsJesusStageFrontsBandGuitarExcitedLizardsStage Presence Author:J. Robbins
“I always feel like the less I think of stage presence, the better, because then I have to face the fact that I have really complicated guitar parts, I'm singing almost all the time, and I have like six pedals I've got to keep on top of” ThinkingFeelsFactsFacesStageSixSingingGuitarComplicatedPedalsStage Presence Author:J. Robbins