I'm pretty involved in everything I do, which isn't always efficient and doesn't necessarily make for the more successful product. But I do feel that, in that sense, everything I do has a comprehensiveness to it. Sufjan Stevens comprehensivenessefficientfeel share on social
The World's Fair was the precursor to theme parks like Disneyworld, and the really sort of cheap, superficial promotional architecture that you see everywhere in the U.S. I think there's a danger when you start creating a civilisation that isn't meant to last. Sufjan Stevens architecturecheapcivilisation share on social
I'd like to do a record that doesn't even reference actual places. Because I think it's kind of an open-ended concept. It doesn't have to be taken so literally. Sufjan Stevens actualconceptend Change image and share on social
I'm a very self-conscious person; I think we all are, but I'm especially not very comfortable in my body. I always feel really weird and awkward on the street or on the stage. It has nothing to do with circumstances; it's just an ongoing psychological state, like white noise. Sufjan Stevens awkwardbodycircumstance share on social
I love anything by Tchaikovsky. He was the real pop star of his day. Sufjan Stevens daylovepop Change image and share on social
I think I get a lot of ideas from when I was a kid, listening to Casey Kasem's 'American Top 40.' Sufjan Stevens americancaseyidea Change image and share on social
The spiritual ambiguity growing up made me really latch onto a faith - Protestantism - that was somewhat conventional. Everyone else was rebelling against traditions and institutions, whereas I was rebelling against the upheaval and uncertainty in my family. Sufjan Stevens ambiguityconventionalfaith share on social
My anxiety level of my own work and what I'm doing and focusing on my art and all of that stuff? That's fundamental. Sufjan Stevens anxietyartfocus Change image and share on social
I find in music there's a space and a language I can use to express things in ways I can't describe conversationally. Sufjan Stevens conversationallydescribeexpress Change image and share on social
I don't think it's so hard to be commercial and interesting. Look at Prince, or Neil Young. Sufjan Stevens commercialhardinterest Change image and share on social