There's never anything planned. I just do what I feel is best for the song at that time. — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
I wanted to remind people that there was a time when music required an attention span. — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
I'm 45 and I don't have time to spend two years of my life bringing in producers and dragging the record around… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
Even on tour, I spend two hours a night singing songs and the rest of the time staring at the back of… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
My perspective is so much different now, being 41. The main difference between now and then is just realizing that your time… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
Your time is spent making records, planning, touring - not counting the days until another guy's concert. There are some newer artists… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
'Writer's block' sounds so dramatic and worrisome, and I don't worry about it. I know deep down that I'm a writer, and… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
Throughout my life, there's just periods when I write and periods when I don't. I don't feel like anything's really blocked. "Writer's… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
I don't make demos. I don't have the interest or the energy or the time. — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
A friend of mine passed away unexpectedly at the very end of making 'Ghosts', someone who had been as close to me… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
My most successful album happened back in the mid-'90s, pre-Internet times, with 'Songs For A Blue Guitar.' We were supported by Island… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
Throughout my life, there's just periods when I write and periods when I don't. I don't feel like anything's really blocked. It's… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
If people want to write long, rambling, pathetic articles about how sad they are about song titles, have a blast! I'll be… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
I don't make demos. I don't have the interest or the energy or the time. Demos are something you do in the… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
I'm homesick everywhere I go, but England has a negative effect on my spirit to a profound degree. That trip from Heathrow into London… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
“I burned liked oil, you grew like a flower, rising toward your magical hour. I was not yours and you were not mine, our… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
I don't know what aids creativity. All I know is that it feels natural to hold a guitar in my hands and sing. — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
When I was young, a gatefold album by 'Pink Floyd' or 'Led Zeppelin' was something to get excited about, something you longed for. — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
When you're a touring musician, you're always turning over new rocks, and there's always a certain level of tension in your life. The music… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
Most Americans I play for are clueless as to who Richard Ramirez was, so you can imagine how audiences in Portugal react. I'm not… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
At 47, I can't write from the perspective of a 25-year-old anymore. My life has just changed too much and my environment around me. — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
There's never anything planned. I just do what I feel is best for the song at that time. — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
When you get older, you're bothered, or inspired, by other things in life than a girl breaking up with you. Things get heavier as… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
I wanted to give my first instincts a chance without shooting them down immediately, which I sometimes do. — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
You really think all of those indie music dorks go to SXSW every year to check out music? They go there to wear their… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
Throughout my life, there's just periods when I write and periods when I don't. I don't feel like anything's really blocked. "Writer's block" sounds… — Mark Kozelek Copy Share Image
