43 Jim James Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jim James

American Musician

Born: Apr 27, 1978

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I'd write songs like 'One Big Holiday,' and we'd play it and say, 'It's too heavy for 'At Dawn.' Let's save it for the next one.' We had more time for that, but when you mix a song, the general rule of thumb for us is a song a day or usually a day and a half. Jim James

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I've just had this idea pop in my head of trying to learn a new song every da, and try and play it that night. That's been fun for me because it's a little bit of a scary adventure, playing a song for the first time in front of people and letting it just be what it is. Jim James

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Youth is wasted on the young. And it doesn't even matter if you sit a young person down and tell them, 'You're so healthy, take advantage of it before it's gone!' They still can't hear it. Jim James

The band can't exist without the crowd, and the crowd wouldn't be there if it wasn't for the band, and it really is something magical that people need. Jim James

People Band Magical Something Crowd Without Exist Really Need

If you do something, you should do it because you love it, and you should follow your heart and make it how your heart wants it to be made. But it's a difficult world, especially for musicians. Jim James

Love You Musicians Heart World Made Follow Your Heart Difficult Follow Something Make Because How Wants Should Your

I think anyone who knows the audio process knows what mixing and mastering is. Jim James

Think Mastering Knows Audio Mixing Anyone Process Who

Somebody brought up the idea of reissuing 'Tribute To 1' because it was out of print on vinyl. Jim James

Somebody Out Tribute Brought Idea Print Because Up Vinyl

I heard the Abbey Lincoln song 'The World is Falling Down,' and it just resonated with me so deeply. Jim James

Me Song World Down Abbey Lincoln Falling Heard Just Deeply

I've got a studio at home, and I'm always recording. Jim James

Home Recording Studio Always Got

'The Muppet Show' was huge. I watched it all the time as a kid, and I really loved the way they used music on that. I also remember hearing the radio in the car as a kid, like Stevie Wonder and Simon and Garfunkel. Jim James

My aunt played upright bass in the Louisville Orchestra, and I was always really impressed by her musical ability. I found it really fascinating as a kid that one could play music for a living. Jim James

When you think about climate change, that means that we won't have an Earth to be lonely on. Jim James

You Change Lonely Think Earth About Climate Climate Change Means

I'm grateful to be successful, and I'm grateful that we can make a living, and I hope we can maintain our integrity forever. That's really my only dream. The notion of bigness or smallness, I feel like that comes and goes in such waves that are kind of out of my control. Jim James

I really believe what people have said before, that God is love. For me, it's music. For you, it might be writing, or for somebody else, it might be soccer or whatever. Jim James

Love Music God Me You People Writing Somebody Before Whatever Believe Else Said Soccer Might Really

There's these things we do that take us into the zone - and we go in that place that I feel like is the place of love that you reach when you're in love or making love, or you're having a good conversation. I feel like that is God. Jim James

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The first two My Morning Jacket records were basically demos. Jim James

Morning First Records Demos Were Jacket Basically Two

Fleet Foxes are a really talented band. They make beautiful music. Jim James

Beautiful Music Band Beautiful Music Talented Make Fleet Really Foxes

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