Top 34 Quotes by Bill Callahan

About Bill Callahan

These are some quotes by American author Bill Callahan Musician, who was born on June 3, 1966.

James Cain was saddled with being called the father of hardboiled fiction. Apparently, he didn't like this saddle.

James Cain was saddled with being called the father of hardboiled fiction. Apparently, he didn't like this saddle.

Bill Callahan

My first records are integral because I made them, you know, and I'm going to learn from those mistakes.

My first records are integral because I made them, you know, and I'm going to learn from those mistakes.

Bill Callahan

My parents weren't religious at all. I remember the first time I heard about Jesus was at school.

My parents weren't religious at all. I remember the first time I heard about Jesus was at school.

Bill Callahan

Any talk of 'craft' makes me laugh. My music looks outward; it does not gaze upon itself in admiration. Artisanal is for cheesemakers. I don't know anything about music theory. Every time I approach my guitar, it's like the first time. There's no craft in that.

Bill Callahan

As a kid, I was just a kid. Average.

As a kid, I was just a kid. Average.

Bill Callahan

I cross things out more than I write them. And if I try to sing a line, and I know that it's written incorrectly, I get this weird sort of physical nausea, and my mouth curls up all strange. I guess that's why I always write the words first: because, if everything feels okay, I'm ready to put it to music.

Bill Callahan

I wanted to live in a house. I wanted to have a place where I could record at home - all of these things I'd wanted to do for years.

I wanted to live in a house. I wanted to have a place where I could record at home - all of these things I'd wanted to do for years.

Bill Callahan

There's so much chaos in life, I think I make music to make things feel calm and sane, to define something, to bring some meaning into it - it's a real peaceful thing to me.

There's so much chaos in life, I think I make music to make things feel calm and sane, to define something, to bring some meaning into it - it's a real peaceful thing to me.

Bill Callahan

I'm more into human nature than politics. But they're intertwined. Obviously, I live in civilization, so politics are part of my life.

I'm more into human nature than politics. But they're intertwined. Obviously, I live in civilization, so politics are part of my life.

Bill Callahan

Prose is like this big block - you write big paragraphs. I feel that when I'm reading and writing, that a prose book is kind of monolithic. But a song is more like a feather or something.

Prose is like this big block - you write big paragraphs. I feel that when I'm reading and writing, that a prose book is kind of monolithic. But a song is more like a feather or something.

Bill Callahan

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