Quote by 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 in all…

— Sufjan Stevens

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

— Sufjan Stevens

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

— Sufjan Stevens

I think musicians should stay off television generally.

— 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 extent through…

— 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, and Robert…

— Sufjan Stevens

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

— Sufjan Stevens

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

— 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 world of…

— 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 that from.…

— Sufjan Stevens

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

— Sufjan Stevens