Sufjan Stevens Quotes (9 Quotes)

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.

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

Or the 4-H Club.

I was working on several states simultaneously. The tone of the music for Illinois seemed much more exciting and challenging to me. The music itself seemed to evoke a very big character.

It puts us in the attitude of respect for our audience. It's important on every level to have a kind of attitude of unification in some way. I don't have that naturally. I'm not a great performer, so we have to do everything we can, do the exercises, to prepare.

Everyone seems really concerned for me now about the prospect. They use this word 'daunting' all the time.

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

I don't want to compromise the personal narrative for the overarching abstract generalizations about the United States as a whole, ... That's a real conflict in my vision. I think sometimes Illinois is a little unbalanced, where its affiliation with Illinois historically is compromised for the sake of the stories. And I think it's better to do that, anyway. I'm more comfortable with storytelling than I am with history or politics.

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.