--- title: "5 Shins Quotes By James Mercer" description: "5 Shins quotes by James Mercer. Plus more from James Mercer and more Shins sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/445/james-mercer-10889_being_there-is-pressure-that-comes-with-everyt_972367.png" --- > [There is pressure that comes with everything being a big deal. I remember thinking, 'I need to survive the Shins. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/there-is-pressure-that-comes-with-everything-being-a-big-deal-i/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/445/james-mercer-10889_being_there-is-pressure-that-comes-with-everyt_972367.png) > [The Shins is, in a way, a recording project that turned into a live band. So I don't really keep myself beholden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/the-shins-is-in-a-way-a-recording-project-that-turned-into-a-live/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d04/james-mercer-10889_any_the-shins-is-in-a-way-a-recording-projec_995058.png) > [I've always sort of felt like what the Shins is, I guess, is a vehicle for my writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/i-ve-always-sort-of-felt-like-what-the-shins-is-i-guess-is-a-vehicle/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/james-mercer-10889_always_i-ve-always-sort-of-felt-like-what-the-s_1695579.png) > [I remember being in high school, and you had to draw those lines and define yourself. I don't think when I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/i-remember-being-in-high-school-and-you-had-to-draw-those-lines-and/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7d/james-mercer-10889_admit_i-remember-being-in-high-school-and-you_1758424.png) > [My attempt at really doing classic sort of songwriting is Shins stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/my-attempt-at-really-doing-classic-sort-of-songwriting-is-shins-stuff/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/james-mercer-10889_attempt_my-attempt-at-really-doing-classic-sort_2264954.png) ## More by James Mercer > [I do like talking with friends about big concepts, you know, the stuff that will ruin a party. To me, the party hasn't begun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/i-do-like-talking-with-friends-about-big-concepts-you-know-the-stuff/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) > [Horrible dates are when you're with people who are immature and can't really be comfortable in their own skin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/horrible-dates-are-when-you-re-with-people-who-are-immature-and-can-t/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) > [I'm real happy. I've been lucky in love, and I've got a wonderful kid now, and things have been going well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/i-m-real-happy-i-ve-been-lucky-in-love-and-i-ve-got-a-wonderful-kid/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) > [The fact that I'm often pushing my voice as hard as I can is from playing in nightclubs in Albuquerque where you don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/the-fact-that-i-m-often-pushing-my-voice-as-hard-as-i-can-is-from/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) > [ I really \[enjoy\] working with new people and just sort of the freshness of it. ... I \[want\] to have those new conversations, musically… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/i-really-enjoy-working-with-new-people-and-just-sort-of-the-freshness/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) > [Meeting Perry Farrel was kind of cool. He's such an icon, and I was such a fan of Jane's Addiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/meeting-perry-farrel-was-kind-of-cool-he-s-such-an-icon-and-i-was/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) > [My dad and I get into it all the time. He loves to discuss politics much more than I do and we have pretty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/my-dad-and-i-get-into-it-all-the-time-he-loves-to-discuss-politics/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) > [For the longest time, I didn't even want to admit I was serious about music. Before the Shins, I would tell myself, 'Oh, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/for-the-longest-time-i-didn-t-even-want-to-admit-i-was-serious-about/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) > [Humans are social creatures that really crave intimacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/humans-are-social-creatures-that-really-crave-intimacy/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) > [I tend to write a pretty half and half split of, like, slow, morose things and then sort of more upbeat stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/i-tend-to-write-a-pretty-half-and-half-split-of-like-slow-morose/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) > [If you're 14 and you're skinny, you can't be on the football team, basically. It's just not even really possible. But skating is something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/if-you-re-14-and-you-re-skinny-you-can-t-be-on-the-football-team/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) > [I think that what's funny is that I seem to be taking up the roles that I remember my dad having - for some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/i-think-that-what-s-funny-is-that-i-seem-to-be-taking-up-the-roles/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) > [One thing that I've struggled with has been a certain amount of animosity toward the whole human race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/one-thing-that-i-ve-struggled-with-has-been-a-certain-amount-of/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) > [For some reason, it seems like pop writers, it's like they just get worse or something over time. And then you're really jealous of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/for-some-reason-it-seems-like-pop-writers-it-s-like-they-just-get/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) > [I think that was going on with bands like The Strokes was that the idea of the band, a real band, was making a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mercer/i-think-that-was-going-on-with-bands-like-the-strokes-was-that-the/) [James Mercer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mercer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/shins/james-mercer/#itemlist", "name": "5 Shins Quotes By James Mercer", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is pressure that comes with everything being a big deal. I remember thinking, 'I need to survive the Shins. 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