There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.
From J. Tillman
I've never taken the steps to be 'successful': I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house.
I was kind of bored playing drums in a band. Which was depressing, because playing in the band was kind of a golden ticket.
I play sad bastard music. For the money.
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.
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.
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.
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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