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Josh Tillman
Josh Tillman
American Musician
Born: May 3, 1981
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There's a difference between art and entertainment. Entertainment is really about forgetting about your life, and art is about remembering your life. Josh Tillman
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When I started with music, all I was looking for was to ensure I never had to live the life I grew up with. I wanted a foolproof exemption from pain and boredom. I wanted a life of constant amusement and leisure. Josh Tillman
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What a crazy coincidence that the teaching of Christ sees to be so compatible with late-era capitalism, suburban isolation, rampant consumerism. And so I am not ever surprised when I see evangelicals contort themselves to justify supporting Donald Trump. Josh Tillman
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I think you only have to pull stunts if the content of your music is meaningless. Josh Tillman
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My last album as J. Tillman, 'Singing Ax,' that was really a premeditated death rattle of the aesthetic precedent I had set. I realized I wasn't creating spontaneously; I was enforcing all these parameters. I was too self-loathing or something, and there was this obvious dissonance between my conversational voice and creative voice. Josh Tillman
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I think that life is messy and that human beings are insane. Josh Tillman
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J. Tillman was kind of an alter ego. There was a lot I didn't want people to know about my real life. With Father John Misty, I leave everything in: so much so that I lose sleep before these albums come out because there is always a line or two in there where I'm just like, 'This is not going to go down very well.' Josh Tillman
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My humor is my creativity, and my skepticism is a gift. Josh Tillman
Creativity Gift Humor Skepticism
I try to make myself, and subsequently the audience, as uncomfortable as possible, whether it's completely desecrating a song they thought was one thing, or getting too drunk to really do a very good job. Josh Tillman
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You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine or 10 verses and then boil it down to two or three that are half the length of the original verses. Josh Tillman
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I was like, 'Josh Tillman, you are not a songwriter. You are an ape. Stop thinking of yourself as a songwriter.' Josh Tillman
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Laurel Canyon is kind of grotesque. It's this nature-themed place, and everybody is kind of angry. Josh Tillman
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When I was young, I had this contrarian thing, and my music for a long time was an extension of that. I didn't want to entertain people; I had too much vanity to be an entertainer. I think that some layers of vanity came off. Josh Tillman
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There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music. Josh Tillman
Music You Risk Putting Lot Suspect Really Your
If music was made by some kind of critical theorist, it would sound like my music. Josh Tillman
Music Made Critical Kind Would Some Like Sound Theorist
My music asks people to think critically, so how can I get upset when people think about me critically? Josh Tillman
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I was asked to audition for the second season of 'Stranger Things.' I didn't want that level of exposure. I don't want to be TV famous. Josh Tillman
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People who want to see things in stark dualities are not going to get much out of my music. Josh Tillman
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I get sick pleasure out of going on the Internet and reading about how much people hate me. Josh Tillman
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People used to see things that disgusted them and say, 'I never want to see that again.' Now we've reached the point where we see things that are disturbing and revolting to us, but we want to see more and more of it. Josh Tillman
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You can choose to live in love or choose to live in fear. Josh Tillman
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Music is chaos. When I write songs, I'm opening the door to madness. Josh Tillman
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I think Kanye West is a hilarious writer. Josh Tillman
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My guiding principle when writing with other people is that it's not worth it to give someone a song unless it hurts for me to give them that song. Josh Tillman
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