Jeff Tweedy
Jeff Tweedy
Jeffrey Scot "Jeff" Tweedyis an American songwriter, musician, and record producer best known as the leader of the band Wilco...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth25 August 1967
CityBelleville, IL
CountryUnited States of America
tortured
I always found the concept of a tortured artist distasteful.
dismal hope level maintained music
Even the most dismal and hopeless-sounding Wilco music, to my ears, has always maintained a level of hope and consolation.
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I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absurd.
confront horrible lyrics
Sometimes it's liberating to confront horrible things in lyrics as a way to master the shadow-self that exists in everyone.
listening people problem understand
We never could understand what the problem was with people listening to your music. I thought that was the whole point.
thieves absurd music-is
Treating your audience like thieves is absurd. Anyone who chooses to listen to our music becomes a collaborator.
change evolve honestly music reflect
We try to honestly reflect what we're like, ... You evolve and change over 10 years, and you try and make the music reflect that.
basically finishing recorded vocal
We're finishing it this week, ... It's all recorded and is basically down to doing the vocal overdubs and mixing.
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The only way you can sell 10 million Britney Spears records is to convince kids that it's something they need to have as part of their identity. It's not about the music at that point.