It's tough to make music and make it your own, and not have somebody call it something you don't agree with but can't control. Sometimes the press doesn't realize how much power they have and how they can shape somebody's… — Jim James Copy Share Image
Huge events in life inform you in so many ways that you know about and many other ways that you cannot even comprehend. To go through a big experience can have such a profound impact on everything that you do.… — Jim James Copy Share Image
Louisville is a place with no labels. It’s not the South, it’s not Chicago, and you don’t think of it as you think of… — Jim James Copy Share Image
I wish we had a more open discourse. It's just a shame that with our 24-hour news media and the Internet, people have become… — Jim James Copy Share Image
Some things cannot be explained. This is part of the magic of life. There cannot be a word or an idea or a definition… — Jim James Copy Share Image
I really have a lot of respect for music, the art form of music. It's my whole life. I don't care about any of… — Jim James Copy Share Image
God forbid Donald Trump gets elected president; think about how many people are going to get f**ked over or how much harder we're going… — Jim James Copy Share Image
I got really hooked on this riff in the middle of this song called 'Minor Miracles' by my friend Eric Johnson from Fruit Bats.… — Jim James Copy Share Image
Moving and motion tends to make things pop up. But things pop up for me, really, at just odd intervals or at random times… — Jim James Copy Share Image
I like to be productive - it's very hard for me to go on vacation because I just feel like I'm losing time. — Jim James Copy Share Image
Once all the power goes out, there will still be human beings standing together around a campfire, playing acoustic guitars. — Jim James Copy Share Image
Don't let your silly dreams fall in between the crack of the bed and the wall. — Jim James Copy Share Image
I really believe in not compromising your art. I feel like I've never compromised my art. — Jim James Copy Share Image
Ever since I got back surgery, everything in my life has been about reduction. I've got the lightest backpack I can carry and the… — Jim James Copy Share Image
