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 I'm telling. Then I start building little bridges - word bridges - to make everything go… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
I have a very limited knowledge of recording, but the miracle of being able to capture sounds on magnetic tape and the miracle of electricity, and these little magnetic particles, is amazing to me. — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
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… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
My songs pretty much revolve in my brain most of the time - usually, whatevers coming next. — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
I bring a record home, and it connects with me like nothing else. In my ideal situation, somebody will do that with my record. — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
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… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
“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… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
My songs pretty much revolve in my brain most of the time - usually, whatever's coming next. — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
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.… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
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… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
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… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
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...… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share Image
