Jim James

I think there are lots of things that people think are so different but they're not. People think there is a huge…

— Jim James

While I'm working on something, every single part of me is in it. But then, once it's done, I leave that place…

— Jim James

Pilates is amazing. It makes you conscious of how you have been doing something incorrectly for so long, even something as simple…

— Jim James

The first two My Morning Jacket records were basically demos.

— Jim James

Sometimes, I want to make a record that's so schizophrenic and so all over the place, and then other times, I want…

— Jim James

When I make a record with My Morning Jacket, I love what those guys do, so I don't have a need to…

— Jim James

I love hearing old Bob Marley recordings that he did before he made the versions everybody knows.

— Jim James

I think reading is one of the greatest forms of magic available to us on the planet. Reading is so important.

— Jim James

I don't think about taking risks anymore because there aren't any risks to take.

— Jim James

For me, it's more powerful to hear people sing about God than love in most circumstances because I've been hearing people sing…

— Jim James

We wanted 'At Dawn' to be what it was: kinda spaced-out.

— Jim James

When people are recording, and they're like, 'I want to get the drum sound of the Beatles,' I hate that.

— Jim James

'What's Going On' is one of the greatest albums ever made. I definitely wasn't aiming to make my 'What's Going On,' you…

— Jim James

The songs always tell you something, but always for different reasons.

— Jim James

For me, 'Evil Urges' was like a video game. If you play 'Super Mario Brothers,' there's a level where it's like a…

— Jim James

I think one's musical life should be free and open to new experience in order to keep expanding your mind and horizons.

— Jim James

You spend all day getting the song goo,d and you're listening to it late at night, and you're happy with it. But…

— Jim James

Big religion was started with one goal in mind: to make money. And I'm not knocking anyone's faith, because I think there…

— Jim James

My aunt played upright bass in the Louisville Orchestra, and I was always really impressed by her musical ability. I found it…

— Jim James

After I wake up, I always meditate.

— Jim James

It's a joy, the process itself, even instrumentally, playing and constructing music. It's just so beautiful to me.

— Jim James

I feel like modern country is deliberately dumbing down the human race. They're deliberately making people take glory in being uneducated and…

— Jim James

I feel lucky that I even have the luxury to write about feeling lonely or feeling confused. When you think about climate…

— Jim James

The thing I take great comfort in and what I think is cool about the process is that I know in my…

— Jim James

I've never stared out at the ocean while I've made a record before - that enhances things in a strange way.

— Jim James