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Tim Kinsella

(1974) Musician

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Tim Kinsella is a musician.

Quick Facts About Tim Kinsella

Born: October 22, 1974
Profession: Musician

About Tim Kinsella

[Wikidata] American musician... | [Wikipedia] Tim Kinsella is an American musician, author, and film director from Chicago, Illinois. Known for his eccentric singing voice, he first rose to prominence as lead singer and lyricist of the emo band Cap'n Jazz which he co-founded with his brother Mike in 1989. Following its dissolution in 1995, he f

Quotes by Tim Kinsella

“It will kill you to love like you will never die.”

Death

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I always go through different phases of how I write and record. It takes me a long time to kind of conceptualize…

Different

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I was two years old when I told my mom I was going to be in a band when I grew up,…

Band

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“I'm probably laughing at myself more than anyone is, because I'm around me all the time.”

Laughter

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“That one brown house still had that hole in its garage door splintering like a chewed cookie smile, the hole the exact…

Cookies

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I don't know anyone on my mom's or dad's side that was a musician.

Dad

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“The problem is you don't understand what the problem is.”

Learning

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Before I knew how to do anything, I was figuring out how to be in a band.

Band

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The act of the being in the band has very little in common with writing songs. The songs come out of it,…

Band

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It's fun to look backwards and be like, "Oh, this song never really worked live before but now it will sound cool…

Backwards

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I'm not going to pretend I'm someone I'm not. I'm not going to put on a pre-fab identity.

Identity

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“Everything you think makes you cool makes you even more of a loser.”

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