Sufjan Stevens

I like residing in abstraction.

— Sufjan Stevens

Perhaps we have failed as human beings. Perhaps we have embarrassed ourselves to the natural world. We have been rigorous and willful…

— Sufjan Stevens

Everyone suffers; life is pain; and death is the final punctuation at the end of that sentence, so deal with it. I…

— Sufjan Stevens

One of my strongest memories is my father playing bongos in the living room in Detroit listening to Motown radio. He was…

— Sufjan Stevens

I think musicians should stay off television generally.

— Sufjan Stevens

“Now that I fell into your arms My only lover, give out to give in I search for the capsule I lost”

— Sufjan Stevens

There's a sense of urgency in understanding that your body is not really your own. We can control it to a certain…

— Sufjan Stevens

I felt that there's an obligation when writing a piece about an urban expressway made in the 50s to acknowledge the context,…

— Sufjan Stevens

“I forgive you, mother, I can hear you And I long to be near you But every road leads to an end…

— Sufjan Stevens

The best fiction is geared towards conflict. We learn most about our characters through tension, when they are put up against insurmountable…

— Sufjan Stevens

Some of my music requires an obsessive-compulsive approach and a real embodiment of excessiveness. So I really have to live in that…

— Sufjan Stevens

Every time Jimmy Scott sings, it's the same but slightly different. I don't know how he does that or where he gets…

— Sufjan Stevens

“I always knew you In your mothers arms I have called your name I have an idea Placed in your mind To…

— Sufjan Stevens

Life is all about toiling and labor. But obviously I get great joy in confronting challenge and taking risk.

— Sufjan Stevens

I no longer really have faith in the album anymore. I no longer have faith in the song,

— Sufjan Stevens

I want to throw my voice more, I want to manipulate melody more... I want to be less deliberate and mechanical... I…

— Sufjan Stevens

Pro Tools is an incredible resource. I think it's enabled me to do things that I wouldn't have been able to do…

— Sufjan Stevens

When I live, I'll give it all I've got.

— Sufjan Stevens

I come from a folk tradition where you just dance however you feel comfortable.

— Sufjan Stevens

That's really where my heart is, unfortunately - I'm less interested in songwriting and more into just making noise.

— Sufjan Stevens

We live in a world that is cruel to the earth itself. Man is a biological terrorist.

— Sufjan Stevens

I quickly learned that you don't have to be incarcerated by suffering, and that, in spite of the dysfunctional nature of your…

— Sufjan Stevens

“Are you half awake, or half asleep?”

— Sufjan Stevens

We stayed a long, long time, to see you, to meet you, to see you at last.

— Sufjan Stevens

The music is the imperative. It has the upper hand. I think all music, even though it's an abstraction, does motivate a…

— Sufjan Stevens