Jim James

Fleet Foxes are a really talented band. They make beautiful music.

— Jim James

Love is love. Let's take it any way we can get it.

— Jim James

We wanted 'At Dawn' to be what it was: kinda spaced-out.

— Jim James

After I wake up, I always meditate.

— Jim James

I think probably the first time I recorded anything was mid-2010.

— Jim James

The first two My Morning Jacket records were basically demos.

— Jim James

I've got a studio at home, and I'm always recording.

— Jim James

I love making each record sound different.

— Jim James

When you think about climate change, that means that we won't have an Earth to be lonely on.

— Jim James

One thing I've learned is that the best thing a producer can do is help you be you.

— Jim James

Somebody brought up the idea of reissuing 'Tribute To 1' because it was out of print on vinyl.

— Jim James

I think one's musical life should be free and open to new experience in order to keep expanding your mind and horizons.

— Jim James

You want to make a record that stands the test of time and that people enjoy.

— Jim James

I think anyone who knows the audio process knows what mixing and mastering is.

— Jim James

That's the bulk of my lyrical output - being confused and trying to find answers to my confusion.

— Jim James

If you're reissuing something, it's important to have demos and everything else from that time that wasn't used.

— Jim James

I feel like the world gets so consumed and gobbled up by action, and the pace of life is so frantic, and…

— Jim James

I feel lucky that I even have the luxury to write about feeling lonely or feeling confused. When you think about climate…

— Jim James

I really have a lot of respect for music, the art form of music. It's my whole life. I don't care about…

— Jim James

I'd write songs like 'One Big Holiday,' and we'd play it and say, 'It's too heavy for 'At Dawn.' Let's save it…

— Jim James

Pilates is amazing. It makes you conscious of how you have been doing something incorrectly for so long, even something as simple…

— Jim James

I feel like modern country is deliberately dumbing down the human race. They're deliberately making people take glory in being uneducated and…

— Jim James

Live music is proof that there's some things the Internet can't kill. In our lifetime, we're going to see more and more…

— Jim James

I've just had this idea pop in my head of trying to learn a new song every da, and try and play…

— Jim James

I was talking to my publisher, Jamie Ceretta, who's one of my closest confidants and allies when I'm working on new music.…

— Jim James

I'm not the kind of person that's so self-confident that I would ever think I had recorded anything great. I know that…

— Jim James

That's why you put out records: hoping that people will connect with them. I mean, I play music for myself, for sure,…

— Jim James

It's tough to make music and make it your own, and not have somebody call it something you don't agree with but…

— Jim James

For me, changing the sound and listening to new music - that's just so fun. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.…

— Jim James

I think maybe the vehicle for me was 'Sam Cooke's Greatest Hits.' It has a song called, 'Touch the Hem of His…

— Jim James

'Circuital' was just so much about us as a band. We captured every song live, including the main vocal. That is probably…

— Jim James

When I had dinner with a friend or a loved one and one of you pays for the check and the other…

— Jim James

We should always be trying to tear down the walls and say, 'I'm no different than you.'

— Jim James

I love the thrill of putting on a record and feeling like you got the wrong one from the factory.

— Jim James

I think that live music is something that the Internet can never kill.

— Jim James

I like to be productive - it's very hard for me to go on vacation because I just feel like I'm losing…

— Jim James

I exercise all the time, every morning, and then I do music in the afternoon. I walk two to three miles a…

— Jim James

People always want reasons for things ... but sometimes there are no reasons.

— Jim James

Once all the power goes out, there will still be human beings standing together around a campfire, playing acoustic guitars.

— Jim James

I love playing music with people, but I also just love the art and meditation of being alone and working on stuff.

— Jim James