Jules Shear

“I just try to write things that I would want to listen to.”

“The idea for 'Unplugged' was to just have people play their songs, the way they wrote them.”

“I like records that are bigger than the person.”

“It's a great feeling to write a song, but it's a better feeling to have a song.”

“I'm just trying to write a good song. I'm not trying to write a hit song.”

“I always think that the best songs are the ones that are the most personal.”

“A lot of times, I'll have a title first. It's like having a little flag to march toward.”

“You can't really control what happens to a song once you've written it.”

“To me, pop music is a great, big, beautiful thing that's been bastardized.”

“I never think about the audience. I can't. I'd go crazy.”