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> [We consider the animals to be lower, and to me, that makes no sense at all. If you look at a tree or a mushroom or a squirrel, it's perfectly in tune with itself. It has no problem being exactly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mangum/we-consider-the-animals-to-be-lower-and-to-me-that-makes-no-sense-at/)

[Jeff Mangum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-mangum/)

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## More by Jeff Mangum

> [You know, you struggle and cry and moan and thrash around and beat your head against the wall... and then you realize that you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mangum/you-know-you-struggle-and-cry-and-moan-and-thrash-around-and-beat/)

[Jeff Mangum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-mangum/)

> [My songs pretty much revolve in my brain most of the time - usually, whatevers coming next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mangum/my-songs-pretty-much-revolve-in-my-brain-most-of-the-time-usually/)

[Jeff Mangum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-mangum/)

> [I bring a record home, and it connects with me like nothing else. In my ideal situation, somebody will do that with my record.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mangum/i-bring-a-record-home-and-it-connects-with-me-like-nothing-else-in-my/)

[Jeff Mangum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-mangum/)

> [I guess my path feels sort of different now... I don't know what's going to happen, but I certainly want to make music a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mangum/i-guess-my-path-feels-sort-of-different-now-i-don-t-know-what-s-going/)

[Jeff Mangum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-mangum/)

> [“And now a song for Jesus Christ and since this seems to confuse people I'd like to simply say that I mean what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mangum/and-now-a-song-for-jesus-christ-and-since-this-seems-to-confuse/)

[Jeff Mangum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-mangum/)

> [Soft silly music is meaningful, magical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mangum/soft-silly-music-is-meaningful-magical/)

[Jeff Mangum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-mangum/)

> [My songs pretty much revolve in my brain most of the time - usually, whatever's coming next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mangum/my-songs-pretty-much-revolve-in-my-brain-most-of-the-time-usually-2/)

[Jeff Mangum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-mangum/)

> [I spend a lot of time practicing active imagination before I go to sleep. What I'm feeling will manifest as images through active imagination.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mangum/i-spend-a-lot-of-time-practicing-active-imagination-before-i-go-to/)

[Jeff Mangum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-mangum/)

> [I feel like we're so limited by the context at which we look at life. The way we look at who we're supposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mangum/i-feel-like-we-re-so-limited-by-the-context-at-which-we-look-at-life/)

[Jeff Mangum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-mangum/)

> [I'm trying to find peace in the world, as it is. I'm feeling this sort of slow stripping of my mind, like the layers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mangum/i-m-trying-to-find-peace-in-the-world-as-it-is-i-m-feeling-this-sort/)

[Jeff Mangum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-mangum/)

> [The music is supposed to be healing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mangum/the-music-is-supposed-to-be-healing/)

[Jeff Mangum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-mangum/)

> [I think the songs I was writing after Aeroplane were full of a lot of undealt-with pain that was just a little too big...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mangum/i-think-the-songs-i-was-writing-after-aeroplane-were-full-of-a-lot-of/)

[Jeff Mangum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-mangum/)

> [When I tried to grasp at either what I love or what I hate, I destroyed the very ability of being able to really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mangum/when-i-tried-to-grasp-at-either-what-i-love-or-what-i-hate-i/)

[Jeff Mangum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-mangum/)

> [The songs sort of come out spontaneously and it'll take me awhile to figure out what exactly is happening lyrically, what kind of story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mangum/the-songs-sort-of-come-out-spontaneously-and-it-ll-take-me-awhile-to/)

[Jeff Mangum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-mangum/)

> [I love the idea of a record containing an entire universe; where the sounds span decades of recording from all over the world and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-mangum/i-love-the-idea-of-a-record-containing-an-entire-universe-where-the/)

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