I think it's better to just say nothing at all than to just send two words. — John Maus Thinking Copy Share Image
It's so important what you're doing in your life. It's tremendously important to the work, and no aesthetic theories take that into… — John Maus Accounts Copy Share Image
Anytime you can muster the fury to actually write in the face of the impossibility of writing, that's an achievement. — John Maus Achievement Copy Share Image
Musical acts that feign enthusiasm for what they're doing the guitarist who jumps up and down, like it's choreographed are so transparently… — John Maus Enthusiasm Copy Share Image
I am definitely interested in soundtracks that one might associate with fantasy or sci-fi - they tend to be rich with musical… — John Maus Associates Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the best work I've done - and maybe this is something other people can identify with -… — John Maus Best work Copy Share Image
I'm steeped in aesthetic theory, so I tend to bring in my own amateurish way of baring a little bit - when,… — John Maus Aesthetic Copy Share Image
In our culture, the Oedipal drama succeeds in making us assume either a male or female sexual position. Certainly this is an… — John Maus Ancient Copy Share Image
I'm against eating a human being alive - I don't do it. Somebody might make cannibalism jokes and laugh it off like… — John Maus Agree Copy Share Image
In terms of love and romance, it just seems less and less like that's ever going to happen again, or be a… — John Maus Feels Copy Share Image
I don't mean to romanticise the struggle, that leads to all kinds of terrible violence and absurdities that are even worse than… — John Maus Absurdity Copy Share Image
I really try as hard as I can on the show. If people can't see my face, if they can't see my… — John Maus Beads Copy Share Image
I don't really know what playing is. There's a way to do it correctly, but it eludes me. I think getting in… — John Maus Audience Copy Share Image
In all the music I've done, what I'm really interested in above all else, and I'm not sure it's what one should… — John Maus Done Copy Share Image
“I know it's been so long Since we saw each other last I'm sure we'll find some way To make the time… — John Maus Coming to an end Copy Share Image
It's a very teenage idea - this idea that thought is ruined when we give over to television shows and glossy magazines… — John Maus Alternatives Copy Share Image
Maybe this is blasphemy to say, but I feel like music is not meant to be something that earning your keep depends… — John Maus Blasphemy Copy Share Image
Working in film, I'm sure you have insight into this, there's something great that only comes by way of interactions with others… — John Maus Film Copy Share Image
I have no idea what the hell is going on in the world, in my life, in what anything means, or what… — John Maus Hell Copy Share Image
There's really not much in life that's as violent or traumatic as an encounter with somebody who really surprises you and opens… — John Maus Encounters Copy Share Image
The categories of woman and man are too rigid. They're going to give way to new forces. They already have, to a… — John Maus Categories Copy Share Image
With writing music, as a general rule I'm looking for something that surprises me, that doesn't fall within what's easy for me. — John Maus Easy Copy Share Image
There's love and there's romantic love. The Greeks had different words for different kinds of love. And we just got "love." I… — John Maus Ass Copy Share Image
I'm sure a handful of people can relate to that experience of having some kind of romantic encounter - the event of… — John Maus Desire Copy Share Image
Various people have put forth that love is the scene of two, that it's not about unity, it's about two absolutely disjunct… — John Maus Love Copy Share Image
The man believes the woman's got the hidden secret. That's a rare thing. You meet lots of people, and they're all deserved… — John Maus Believe Copy Share Image
![“Various people have put forth that love is the scene of two, that it's not about unity, it's about two absolutely disjunct positions encountering each other. So here, even with something like sex-- what [that song's] about-- you could never become one.” quote by John Maus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/774/john-maus-22491_love_various-people-have-put-forth-that-love_2379058.jpg)
