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> [Collaboration is much like a birth. The song that springs forth resembles each one of us to a degree, but it's the kind of thing that would never be born from just one of us sitting down with a guitar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-lee-phillips/collaboration-is-much-like-a-birth-the-song-that-springs-forth/)

[Grant-Lee Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-lee-phillips/)

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## More by Grant-Lee Phillips

> [I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-lee-phillips/i-think-a-lot-of-songwriters-would-agree-that-it-s-often-easier-to/)

[Grant-Lee Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-lee-phillips/)

> [I'm always keen to head to where the greatest gravitation pull is tugging me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-lee-phillips/i-m-always-keen-to-head-to-where-the-greatest-gravitation-pull-is/)

[Grant-Lee Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-lee-phillips/)

> [Collaboration is much like a birth. The song that springs forth resembles each one of us to a degree, but it's the kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-lee-phillips/collaboration-is-much-like-a-birth-the-song-that-springs-forth/)

[Grant-Lee Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-lee-phillips/)

> [There's nothing more painful than something that's superficially upbeat but you can kind of tell behind it that there's a cynicism, or even a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-lee-phillips/there-s-nothing-more-painful-than-something-that-s-superficially/)

[Grant-Lee Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-lee-phillips/)

> [I played with the same band for years and years and there's a beauty to having one solid core that you keep exploring. On…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-lee-phillips/i-played-with-the-same-band-for-years-and-years-and-there-s-a-beauty/)

[Grant-Lee Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-lee-phillips/)

> [Being an actor is a much more structured life than being a musician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-lee-phillips/being-an-actor-is-a-much-more-structured-life-than-being-a-musician/)

[Grant-Lee Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-lee-phillips/)

> [“Hey, she’s a piratey soul Full a' vinagar and glitter She is a song of her own From down the wrong end of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-lee-phillips/hey-she-s-a-piratey-soul-full-a-vinagar-and-glitter-she-is-a-song-of/)

[Grant-Lee Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-lee-phillips/)

> [I've made a few albums in such an autonomous way; it often has been exhausting. It's almost difficult to enjoy the process when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-lee-phillips/i-ve-made-a-few-albums-in-such-an-autonomous-way-it-often-has-been/)

[Grant-Lee Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-lee-phillips/)

> [I don't like knowing what the next song is because that's what I'd think about during the number we're playing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-lee-phillips/i-don-t-like-knowing-what-the-next-song-is-because-that-s-what-i-d/)

[Grant-Lee Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-lee-phillips/)

> [It's not an insult to have a past and to have some accountability to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-lee-phillips/it-s-not-an-insult-to-have-a-past-and-to-have-some-accountability-to/)

[Grant-Lee Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-lee-phillips/)

> [I don't know how other bands play the same songs every night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-lee-phillips/i-don-t-know-how-other-bands-play-the-same-songs-every-night/)

[Grant-Lee Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-lee-phillips/)

> [I played with the same band for years and years and theres a beauty to having one solid core that you keep exploring. On…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-lee-phillips/i-played-with-the-same-band-for-years-and-years-and-theres-a-beauty/)

[Grant-Lee Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-lee-phillips/)

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