“I get annoyed with movies or books, songs or records that deliberately try to make you feel a certain way.” WayFeelsTryingBookCertainSongRecordsAnnoyed Author:M. Ward
“I think the benefits are tremendous, and the power of accessibility in art is one of it's most explosive and insidious attributes.” ThinkingArtBenefitsArt IsAttributesExplosivesInsidiousAccessibility Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“A great artist can change society because of the entertaining and mesmerizing quality of his or her art.” ArtArtistQualityEntertainingGreat ArtGreat ArtistMesmerizing Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“To be entertaining and educational and enlightening, all at once, this is a good goal to have.” GoalEducationalEntertainingEnlighteningGood Goal Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“A lot more people will want to hear a 5-minute singing cartoon about Communism in China than will want to read that PhD thesis, and that's the power of it even if a lot of details will be missing - that's the reason something like that often has more impact on society.” PeopleIfsWantReasonMinutesMissingSingingImpactDetailsChinaCommunismCartoonThesisPhdsImpact On Society Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“Unfortunately most easily-digested entertainment has as much actual content as a Spongebob Squarepants episode, so the trick is to try to fit actual nourishing content into enjoyable entertainment.” TryingFitEntertainmentTricksEpisodesEnjoyableSpongebob Squarepants Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“I usually think of art as having a measurable content of nourishment, whether factual or emotional or whatever, and I try to make sure that whatever I do has as much nourishment as I can muster.” ThinkingTryingArtI CanEmotionalNourishmentFactualMuster Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“What can you think when one review says "this album is brilliant, and all the songs flow into the utmost brilliant song 'The Upside-Down Cross'" then another review says "this album is brilliant, except for that horrible and pointless song 'The Upside-Down Cross'," and another review will say "Jeffrey really sounds confident and relaxed on this new album", the next reviewer says "Jeffrey sounds more depressed and awful than ever" - these totally contrasting reviews happen all the time!” ThinkingHappensSongNextSoundFlowCrossesAlbumsBrilliantHorribleAwfulReviewsRelaxedPointlessUpside DownReviewers Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“The funny thing is that some reviews are published in magazines and websites that are seen by millions of people, and other reviews are in very small publications or less popular websites, and you just have to be lucky to have the good reviews land in places where more people see them, and bad reviews land in places where they will be less seen.” PeopleMillionsLandLuckyMagazinesReviewsFunny ThingsWebsitePublicationBad Reviews Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“I never felt like I had a surface image to rely on that people would like - I always felt like my music would not be very fancy music, my voice is not very fancy, there is nothing hiding me from the audience.” PeopleFeltVoiceAudienceSurfaceRelyFancyHiding Author:Jeffrey Lewis
