Will Sheff

Collaboration is such a thrill when you're working with someone you really respect. When it's just one person working alone you get…

— Will Sheff

This is going to sound really corny, but it's the way I feel: Musicians have been around for a really long time.…

— Will Sheff

It's a really common trap to want your life to live up to some standard that you believe in, and then you…

— Will Sheff

I wanted to be a filmmaker, actually, when I was in high school and college. But I just decided it would be…

— Will Sheff

If I'm working on a set of songs, and thinking about putting them together in a collection, I start to think about…

— Will Sheff

When you're a songwriter, people wonder about your personal life and the meanings behind the songs, and that can feel pretty invasive,…

— Will Sheff

When your head is smashing into the concrete you don't have question about whether it's a real sensation. And ultimately, that's what's…

— Will Sheff

When people downloading records for free you start to think, "Is it worth spending all this money to make a record sound…

— Will Sheff

People think that because they've seen your name in print, you're rich. I assume that. But all it means is that there…

— Will Sheff

I always just wanted to have the wherewithal to make another record. I never really dreamt of fortune or fame, because it…

— Will Sheff

I think that anything is a form of folk music. That's just me being glib, but the thing I like the best…

— Will Sheff

I always think it's far more admirable to confuse people than it is to reassure them.

— Will Sheff

I'm not pro-life. I'm very emphatically pro-choice.

— Will Sheff

Songwriting is an emotional medium, and rock and roll is an emotional medium.

— Will Sheff

I have complicated feelings about nostalgia. I think that sometimes it can be dangerous. It can airbrush the truth, or fictionalize the…

— Will Sheff

You have to pretend that you're not bothered by your record leaked early. So that's the tack that I'm taking. It's like…

— Will Sheff

I never considered myself an Americana artist, but I'm a huge fan of old-time music from the States, the recordings that were…

— Will Sheff

Everybody has had the experience of something they love - whether it's a pop song or a painting or a movie -…

— Will Sheff

I was always one of these people who is irrationally moved by stupid pop songs.

— Will Sheff

If you were a performer that only had an acoustic instrument, back in the day you couldn't hide behind your guitar pedals…

— Will Sheff

If you're going for things that are really terrible ideas you have to really have all your faculties about you to get…

— Will Sheff

Culture dictated from above is the enemy of folk music. Whether it's stuffy classical music or pre-engineered pop where somebody's paid tons…

— Will Sheff

There's something really special about childhood. When you're a kid, you're at your most creative, and you're very plugged into your imagination…

— Will Sheff

There is a definite difference between live shows and the recordings. The recordings are for all time, hopefully, so you do want…

— Will Sheff

A good writer can simulate a page torn out of somebody's diary, and give you every little voyeuristic thrill you might get…

— Will Sheff