A biography for Jeff Tweedyhasn’t been written yet.
“I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time.”
“Stop trying to treat music like it's a tennis shoe, something to be branded. If the music industry wants to save money, they should take a look at some of their six-figure executive expense accounts. All those lawsuits can't be cheap, either.”
“You have to learn how to die if you wanna be alive.”
“Even the most dismal and hopeless-sounding Wilco music, to my ears, has always maintained a level of hope and consolation.”
“We'd been noticing how much more important the internet had become - once information is out there in the world now, anyone can get it. Since that was beginning to happen with the record anyway, we figured, OK, let's just stream it for free ourselves.”
“I like making songs up. Whether or not they're great songs or good songs, whatever. It's something I've always done, and I definitely feel like I've gotten better at it.”