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My humor is my creativity, and my skepticism is a gift.

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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.'

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With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be really powerful. My songs are all joyful to me.

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I would play my Dungeons and Dragons songs and watch people's eyes glaze over, and then I would start joking around between songs, and all of a sudden people were lighting up and engaging.

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I play sad bastard music. For the money.

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It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.

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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.

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I think that providing obstructions in the live setting is when you get something that actually means something, as opposed to just aping your way through your greatest hits.

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I've never taken the steps to be 'successful': I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: May 3rd, 1981

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