For me, there's a lot of intrinsic mystery and power in folk music, but a lot of people don't perceive that music from around the world as something that fits into their lives or their psyche in any way. So… — 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
My songs pretty much revolve in my brain most of the time - usually, whatevers coming next. — Jeff Mangum Copy Share
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
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
“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
My songs pretty much revolve in my brain most of the time - usually, whatever's coming next. — Jeff Mangum Copy Share
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
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
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
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
When I tried to grasp at either what I love or what I hate, I destroyed the very ability of being able to really… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share
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… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share
I love the idea of a record containing an entire universe; where the sounds span decades of recording from all over the world and… — Jeff Mangum Copy Share
