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.

When I write a song, it is to fill a niche in people's lives. To have a song for every experience if one hadn't been written yet.

When I write a song, it is to fill a niche in people's lives. To have a song for every experience if one hadn't been written yet.

Bill Callahan

I'm somewhere between a gumshoe and a journalist. A writer, not a symbol.

I'm somewhere between a gumshoe and a journalist. A writer, not a symbol.

Bill Callahan

Music is a social act.

Music is a social act.

Bill Callahan

There are a million tiny weird towns. You never know what you're going to get into if you drive an hour into the wild.

There are a million tiny weird towns. You never know what you're going to get into if you drive an hour into the wild.

Bill Callahan

I like mountains and oceans and stuff, which is where I've always felt some sort of power of meaning, but that's not necessarily spiritual.

I like mountains and oceans and stuff, which is where I've always felt some sort of power of meaning, but that's not necessarily spiritual.

Bill Callahan

I've never detected a correlation between where I am and what I write. I think there could be something subconscious, though. And I can't really speak for my subconscious.

I've never detected a correlation between where I am and what I write. I think there could be something subconscious, though. And I can't really speak for my subconscious.

Bill Callahan

I was late to the Internet. I didn't really understand what it was. I didn't know what an email was.

I was late to the Internet. I didn't really understand what it was. I didn't know what an email was.

Bill Callahan

I have long begged off the question of my albums reflecting where I am 'at' personally. There is more inaccuracy in that approach than accuracy.

I have long begged off the question of my albums reflecting where I am 'at' personally. There is more inaccuracy in that approach than accuracy.

Bill Callahan

I knew absolutely nothing about recording. I had this four-track recorder, and I'd plug my electric guitar right into it, which sounded real bad. I moved any fader that made a drastic change in sound. I thought that was cool - that it was communicating something. I didn't have the skills to do anything subtle. It was just like screaming.

Bill Callahan

Some people write a thank you note for a gift, and it's three pages long, and some people write a thank you note, and it's five sentences - that's me. I like to pare away words because I don't want to waste anyone's time.

Bill Callahan

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