“You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine or 10 verses and then boil it down to two or three that are half the length of the original verses. I think for me it's about what you leave out [rather] than what you put in. I'm not sure that the songs help me figure anything out so much as they're a distillation of the original question.”
![“You know, there's an economy in lyric-writing that doesn't afford you, or at least me - I usually start off with nine or 10 verses and then boil it down to two or three that are half the length of the original verses. I think for me it's about what you leave out [rather] than what you put in. I'm…” quote by J Tillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b33/j-tillman-40960_distillation_you-know-there-s-an-economy-in-lyric-wri_2068675.jpg)
![“I don't think that just because a lot of my music has a quieter aesthetic; [it] excludes me from achieving that in a live setting, from being dangerous or something.” quote by J Tillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/96b/j-tillman-40960_achieve_i-don-t-think-that-just-because-a-lot-of_315127.jpg)
![“My idea of that[idea of career] is constantly changing. I mostly just throw it out to the universe and I can't really do much after that. I've never taken the steps to be "successful": I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house. I've talked to people about it but I've never followed…” quote by J Tillman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4ca/j-tillman-40960_being-successful_my-idea-of-that-idea-of-career-is-consta_1304463.jpg)
