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> [In an odd way I thought I was lowering the bar for myself, in saying, well, I'll make a pop album. But in a way it's kind of harder to make pop music. It's like the more abstract you get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/in-an-odd-way-i-thought-i-was-lowering-the-bar-for-myself-in-saying/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

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## More by Jason Pierce

> [I kept saying I got sick of listening to people's productions, like people who had no ideas, no songs, nothing to say but could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/i-kept-saying-i-got-sick-of-listening-to-people-s-productions-like/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

> [Making a record's a real fight for me. I'm constantly fighting with this thing inside of me that says I should be sitting in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/making-a-record-s-a-real-fight-for-me-i-m-constantly-fighting-with/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

> [In an odd way I thought I was lowering the bar for myself, in saying, well, I'll make a pop album. But in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/in-an-odd-way-i-thought-i-was-lowering-the-bar-for-myself-in-saying/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

> [Everybody's looking for some kind of authenticity in music. Or some kind of truism, you know, "This is true!" And the thing about gospel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/everybody-s-looking-for-some-kind-of-authenticity-in-music-or-some/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

> [When it's a pop song, I don't really want to do pop songs, but they exist and sort of come out by accident.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/when-it-s-a-pop-song-i-don-t-really-want-to-do-pop-songs-but-they/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

> [You know, I'm unable to make those records where you just go in a studio and that's it. I think you can capture so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/you-know-i-m-unable-to-make-those-records-where-you-just-go-in-a/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

> [It's a weird situation, doing interviews. Nowhere else in the world can you talk about yourself and have people listen like they're interested over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/it-s-a-weird-situation-doing-interviews-nowhere-else-in-the-world-can/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

> [I've said the line about Ray Charles a million times, but nobody listens to him singing "I Can't Stop Loving You" and wonders who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/i-ve-said-the-line-about-ray-charles-a-million-times-but-nobody/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

> [I don't make records for this medium with which we're going to sell it. The selling of it can never be more important than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/i-don-t-make-records-for-this-medium-with-which-we-re-going-to-sell/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

> [I just think there's an awful part of rock-'n-roll music where people kind of pretend they're young all their lives, you know? And they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/i-just-think-there-s-an-awful-part-of-rock-n-roll-music-where-people/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

> [I want my records to be the most magnificent and glorious-sounding records, but also want them to be the most intense and fragile. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/i-want-my-records-to-be-the-most-magnificent-and-glorious-sounding/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

> [There's always this talk of the industry of music and about selling records and whatever, but that ignores probably the majority of music that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/there-s-always-this-talk-of-the-industry-of-music-and-about-selling/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

> [Sometimes it's easier to make decisions when you know that you've tried things that are so wrong, you know, "OK, I don't go that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/sometimes-it-s-easier-to-make-decisions-when-you-know-that-you-ve/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

> [I think it's essential to make new music now, and to try and make epic records now, and not rely on what happened in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/i-think-it-s-essential-to-make-new-music-now-and-to-try-and-make-epic/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

> [My songs get to a stage where they resist any further change, you know? And that's kind of where they are, short of re-recording…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-pierce/my-songs-get-to-a-stage-where-they-resist-any-further-change-you-know/)

[Jason Pierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-pierce/)

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