A Record Is Something That Isn't Real

At The Same Time, You Don't Want To Be Blindsided At Some Point Because You've Taken Too Much Comfort From Knowing Nothing. So You Try To Keep A Little Store Of Practical Knowledge. At A Certain Point You Have To Pretend That Something Is True In Order To Have A Relationship With The World.

I Feel Like, For Me, Reading Thomas Merton Is Like “wait A Minute, This Is A Rabbit Hole. This Isn’t A Gateway Or A Ticket To Anything Except Itself”. When You're A Ways Into It, You're Five Pages In, 20 Pages In, 30 Pages In, It Seems Like One Of The More Oxymoronic Undertakings You Could Attempt.

I've Never Done A Video Where I Feel Like The Images Have Anything To Do With My Song, Except In The Most Vague Way Possible, Because I Feel Like The Song Is Its Own Complete Thing. But Ideally, A Song Is A Complete Sphere Like The Earth, Where If You Were An Alien With A Huge, Huge Finger, You Could Stick Your Finger Into The Middle Of The Ocean And Make An Impression On It. It’s Not An Impregnable Sphere, But It Is A Sphere.

I Think That What Trips Up A Lot Of Great Musicians Is That They Become Involved With Too Many Things That Aren't Where Their Strengths Lie.

I Am Thrilled At Most Corners That I Turn Walking Down The Street, I'm Thrilled By Most Pages I Turn When I'm Reading A Book Thinking Of What It's Going To Show And What It's Going To Make Possible For Tomorrow.