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Jeff Mangum

"Typically there are little fragments of specific words and images swimming around in my mind, and then at some point, I'll sit down with the guitar and everything will fall into place. It's like your brain is a drain with a bunch of words and images dropping into it, swirling around. The drain is stopped up, but you can feel these things dropping into it. Then at some point, someone comes along and pulls the plug out of the drain and everything comes together in the song."

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Jeff Mangum

#Song Quotes #Fall Quotes #Swimming Quotes

“If you had to spend every second, of every day, of every year of your life with someone, would you do whatever it took to love that person? Would you be a best friend, a teacher, coach and mentor? Would you do whatever it takes to treat that person with respect? Well guess what? That someone is you! Who deserves the best more than you do? Think about it and have an outstanding day...!”
“I don't know where it's all going to lead. I have no idea where I'm going. I would just like to be happy.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Research tells us that fourteen out of any ten individuals like chocolate.”

Source : Sandra Boynton (1982). “Chocolate: The Consuming Passion”, Workman Publishing Company
“First guitars tend to be like first loves: ill-chosen, unsuitable, short-lived and unforgettable.”

Source : Tim Brookes (2007). “Guitar: An American Life”, p.7, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch.”
“I certainly had qualms about writing my piece in the first place, since I knew I couldn't express my disdain for many of Rev. Falwell's teachings. But I don't regret having written about the sides of Rev. Falwell that had nothing to do with politics or religion - his grandkids, his ministry for ex-alcoholics, his penchant for practical jokes. I think it's important to recognize the humanity in everyone, even those we strongly disagree with.”
“But I love that feeling of utter depletion: It is an ecstatic sense of having committed myself to the absolute limit. But after recharging at night, I'm ready to go the next morning. Isn't that what life is all about?”
“A beautifully written tale that lives somewhere between landscape and memory, where regret becomes a prison, and a story told often enough becomes truth.”

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