There are bands who write of emotions that are very heartbreaking, touching, or relatable, but they’ll be like concept records, they’re about fictional characters.
Music is everything. Evidence of the divine. The possibility of man to be good. The possibility of improving our surroundings and expressing ourselves. All of these things are collapsed together in my mind.
When I am writing alone I try to just write for myself without thinking, like, this will go on a record.
The goal of embodying Christian ethics – if you want to call yourself a Christian – is being patient and loving with your neighbor.
Everybody wants to have an empirical analysis of a relationship ending, but sometimes there’s not that much clarity, and that’s OK.
Every girl is a singer. I wanted to learn the solos and play lead guitar. I would meticulously teach myself solos so when dudes were like, ‘Oh, you’re a girl, you can’t play guitar,’ I could rip these insane Telecaster blues solos and tell them, ‘Yeah, I can burn up a fret board.’
I had a lot of fear about coming out as a kid.
It’s just nice to have people around and see people actively trying to construct a community of mutual support around music.
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