American - Musician | May 3, 1981 -
There's a difference between art and entertainment. Entertainment is really about forgetting about your life, and art is about remembering your life.
Josh Tillman
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When I started with music, all I was looking for was to ensure I never had to live the life I grew up with. I wanted a foolproof exemption from pain and boredom. I wanted a life of constant amusement and leisure.
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It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.
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My humor is my creativity, and my skepticism is a gift.
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I try to make myself, and subsequently the audience, as uncomfortable as possible, whether it's completely desecrating a song they thought was one thing, or getting too drunk to really do a very good job.
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I'm not bamboozled by the fact that people are disgusted by me. I'm not my biggest fan either.
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What a crazy coincidence that the teaching of Christ sees to be so compatible with late-era capitalism, suburban isolation, rampant consumerism. And so I am not ever surprised when I see evangelicals contort themselves to justify supporting Donald Trump.
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Interpretive thinking, as an art form, is dying.
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I play sad bastard music. For the money.
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With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be really powerful. My songs are all joyful to me.
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I think that providing obstructions in the live setting is when you get something that actually means something, as opposed to just aping your way through your greatest hits.
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I've never taken the steps to be 'successful': I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house.
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