Jeff Tweedy

Jeff Tweedy (Born August 26, 1967), is an american songwriter, guitarist and bandleader of Wilco, who has been assessed by the admins of this site as ISFP.

Quotes

 * "I guess I don't think there's any reason to feel guilty about having joy in your life, regardless of how bad things are in the world."
 * "I've never been the type of musician or artist to try to narrow it down to some disciplined aesthetic."
 * "I just don’t think you can motivate people to do anything other than destroy when they’re terrified of the future."
 * "Lyrics are a very tricky thing to write, because songs, in my mind, are ruled by melody."
 * [On writing a song:] "The part that’s satisfying to me is how it sounds way before that happens, when I can still hear all the different potential pathways that are being laid out."
 * "Writers tend to get pretty mystical and metaphysical about these things. You hear people talking about  channeling  something like it’s coming through you, or being “given” a song. I think that’s all bullshit. It’s obviously coming from  you. "
 * "I think art is a consolation regardless of its content. It has the power to move and make you feel like you're not."
 * [In a 2019 interview:] "I still feel self-conscious all the time. It’s just that I’m able to deal with and dispatch it in a more efficient fashion. I think that’s baked into the equation for me."