More - Sufjan Stevens Quotes

I think the implausibility in some ways redeems me from having to complete it.

Sufjan Stevens

 

I do wonder if people aren't just interested in music that has meaning, ... Because there's been an exhaustion through forms and genres, like rock and electronica, doing away with melodies, and I think maybe we're always interested in songs - folk songs, hymns, whatever. Patriotic songs with strong melodies. It's the basis of what I'm doing, just focusing on traditional songwriting.

Sufjan Stevens

 

I do wonder if people aren't just interested in music that has meaning, ... Because there's been kind of an exhaustion through forms and genres, like rock and electronica, doing away with melodies, and I think maybe we're always interested in songs - folk songs, hymns. Whatever. Patriotic songs with strong melodies. It's kind of the basis of what I'm doing now, just focusing on traditional songwriting.

Sufjan Stevens

 

[The heartbreaking] Casimir Pulaski Day ... On the first of March / on the holiday / I thought I saw you breathing.

Sufjan Stevens

 

I think you should be suspicious when there's a lot of interest in what you're doing,

Sufjan Stevens

 Interest

Oh the glory when he took our place / But he took my shoulders and he shook my face / And he takes and he takes and he takes,

Sufjan Stevens

 Glory

It's really about a sensory experience and getting fully involved and fully entrenched in the pageantry of Illinois.

Sufjan Stevens

 Experience

So I'm a little worried about that — though I know I don't have to worry about these things in the way, I don't know, that Cher has to worry about it.

Sufjan Stevens

 Worry

I think it just helps us to feel kind of unified,

Sufjan Stevens

 

Or the 4-H Club.

Sufjan Stevens

 Club