Typically there are little fragments of specific words and images swimming around in my mind, and then at some point, I'll sit down with the guitar and everything will fall into place. It's like your brain is a drain with… — 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
