Jeff Tweedy Quotes on Music (7 Quotes)

We try to honestly reflect what we're like, ... You evolve and change over 10 years, and you try and make the music reflect that.

A piece of art is not a loaf of bread. When someone steals a loaf of bread from the store, that's it. The loaf of bread is gone. When someone downloads a piece of music, it's just data until the listener puts that music back together with their own ears, their mind, their subjective experience. How they perceive your work changes your work.

Stop trying to treat music like it's a tennis shoe, something to be branded. If the music industry wants to save money, they should take a look at some of their six-figure executive expense accounts. All those lawsuits can't be cheap, either.

We live in a connected world now. Some find that frightening. If people are downloading our music, they're listening to it. The internet is like radio for us.

The only way you can sell 10 million Britney Spears records is to convince kids that it's something they need to have as part of their identity. It's not about the music at that point,

The new set will be the first concentrated batch of original O'Rourke material since his acclaimed 2002 solo album, Insignificance. ... He has been really busy with other people's music. I love getting to work with Jim and he has some really, really great songs on this, so I can't wait to hear it finished.

We never could understand what the problem was with people listening to your music. I thought that was the whole point.