I did a lot of work without thinking about it in a calm, rational way. Stopping and thinking about what I was… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
From the first time you can look in the paper and you accept that you're the entertainment for some people that night,… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
“They say marriages work better if you don't know the person too well. Maybe we should stop writing each other posthaste.” — Bill Callahan Marriage Copy Share Image
There's so much chaos in life, I think I make music to make things feel calm and sane, to define something, to… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
“Why do I do such things. I hope the answer is that I embrace life with abandon. But I fear the truth… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
My parents weren't religious at all. I remember the first time I heard about Jesus was at school. — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
I wanted to live in a house. I wanted to have a place where I could record at home - all of… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
I will concentrate on playing guitar, on lyrics and on singing. I am a part of things; I am not the encompassing… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
I cross things out more than I write them. And if I try to sing a line, and I know that it's… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
“She doesn't use her neck. She only acknowledges things that come at her head on. And she's one of those people that… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
“Everything I've done today could have been done by a bear. The long seasoned sleep. The lumbering out of bed. Tearing at… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
Any talk of 'craft' makes me laugh. My music looks outward; it does not gaze upon itself in admiration. Artisanal is for… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
“I wanted to hold you until I heard one voice. I stood without intention of moving and realized we see every punch… — Bill Callahan Life Copy Share Image
“I'm not really interested in religion or history or science or mathematics or psychology or politics or geography. I feel I am… — Bill Callahan Catholic Copy Share Image
I knew absolutely nothing about recording. I had this four-track recorder, and I'd plug my electric guitar right into it, which sounded… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
You get into moods - like, if somebody does something to you, then you're angry for maybe 30 seconds, or maybe 30… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
When I write a song, it is to fill a niche in people's lives. To have a song for every experience if… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
Some people write a thank you note for a gift, and it's three pages long, and some people write a thank you… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
I'm not really a child of this '120 TV channels, a billion websites' era. I tried to live that for a long… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
To see classic rock, you had to go to an arena. But punk was happening everywhere, even in little towns in the… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
You know how on Christmas day, the day feels different, even if you're just sitting in your chair waiting for your girlfriend… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
At midnight every night, I would methodically leave the house for a couple hours' walk, come back in, and record. And then… — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
“I sometimes see a shortcoming in myself, how little patience or understanding I have for many people in the way they act.… — Bill Callahan Habits Copy Share Image
“When they make the movie of your life they're going to have to ask you to do your own stunts because nobody,… — Bill Callahan Film Copy Share Image
