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> [It's hard to say if actual places really affect the way you write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/it-s-hard-to-say-if-actual-places-really-affect-the-way-you-write/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

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> [I'd like to do a record that doesn't even reference actual places. Because I think it's kind of an open-ended concept. It doesn't have to be taken so literally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/i-d-like-to-do-a-record-that-doesn-t-even-reference-actual-places/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

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## More by Sufjan Stevens

> [I like residing in abstraction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/i-like-residing-in-abstraction/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

> [Perhaps we have failed as human beings. Perhaps we have embarrassed ourselves to the natural world. We have been rigorous and willful in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/perhaps-we-have-failed-as-human-beings-perhaps-we-have-embarrassed/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

> [Everyone suffers; life is pain; and death is the final punctuation at the end of that sentence, so deal with it. I really think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/everyone-suffers-life-is-pain-and-death-is-the-final-punctuation-at/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

> [One of my strongest memories is my father playing bongos in the living room in Detroit listening to Motown radio. He was this skinny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/one-of-my-strongest-memories-is-my-father-playing-bongos-in-the/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

> [I think musicians should stay off television generally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/i-think-musicians-should-stay-off-television-generally/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

> [“Now that I fell into your arms My only lover, give out to give in I search for the capsule I lost”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/now-that-i-fell-into-your-arms-my-only-lover-give-out-to-give-in-i/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

> [There's a sense of urgency in understanding that your body is not really your own. We can control it to a certain extent through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/there-s-a-sense-of-urgency-in-understanding-that-your-body-is-not/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

> [I felt that there's an obligation when writing a piece about an urban expressway made in the 50s to acknowledge the context, and Robert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/i-felt-that-there-s-an-obligation-when-writing-a-piece-about-an-urban/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

> [“I forgive you, mother, I can hear you And I long to be near you But every road leads to an end Yes every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/i-forgive-you-mother-i-can-hear-you-and-i-long-to-be-near-you-but/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

> [The best fiction is geared towards conflict. We learn most about our characters through tension, when they are put up against insurmountable obstacles. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/the-best-fiction-is-geared-towards-conflict-we-learn-most-about-our/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

> [Some of my music requires an obsessive-compulsive approach and a real embodiment of excessiveness. So I really have to live in that world of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/some-of-my-music-requires-an-obsessive-compulsive-approach-and-a-real/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

> [Every time Jimmy Scott sings, it's the same but slightly different. I don't know how he does that or where he gets that from.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/every-time-jimmy-scott-sings-it-s-the-same-but-slightly-different-i/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

> [“I always knew you In your mothers arms I have called your name I have an idea Placed in your mind To be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/i-always-knew-you-in-your-mothers-arms-i-have-called-your-name-i-have/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

> [Life is all about toiling and labor. But obviously I get great joy in confronting challenge and taking risk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/life-is-all-about-toiling-and-labor-but-obviously-i-get-great-joy-in/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

> [I no longer really have faith in the album anymore. I no longer have faith in the song,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/i-no-longer-really-have-faith-in-the-album-anymore-i-no-longer-have/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

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