Jonathan Coulton quotes
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“I'm a professional Jonathan Coulton. It's partially ego, to be completely honest: It feels great to have people adoring you in that way.”
-- Jonathan CoultonSource : Source: www.esquire.com
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“I'd always meant to become a musician. I'd just never gotten around to it. And my daughter being born, I was like, Okay, this is seriously the last chance. And also: Do you really want to be a dad who never did what he wanted to do? You've got to set an example now. You've got to do this.”
-- Jonathan CoultonSource : Source: www.esquire.com
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“Maybe in the back of my mind I was kind of wishing that I would become a rock star, kind of wishing that I would reach enough people who would be willing to pay me for the music, that I would actually be able to live off of just writing the songs that I wanted to write. But I don't think I really admitted to myself that that was my goal.”
-- Jonathan CoultonSource : Source: www.esquire.com
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“I always feel uncomfortable at parties, and I'm often nervous when talking to strangers. I don't think this makes me feel special. Maybe everybody feels this way.”
-- Jonathan CoultonSource : Source: www.esquire.com
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“I very easily decide in certain situations that I'm an outsider. That's just my own craziness. I think that I have sympathy for those characters who are like that, but I love it when the humor comes from a character who is serious about his situation - only the way he's thinking about it is all wrong, or the ways he's solving his problems are never going to work.”
-- Jonathan CoultonSource : Source: www.esquire.com
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“For me, the live show is sort of the ultimate expression of this journey that I've been on.”
-- Jonathan CoultonSource : Source: www.esquire.com
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“There's something about comedy, funny things, that people want to pass them along. Serious things and personal things are much more privately enjoyed. That's why there are not a lot of sad viral videos.”
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“You should know how great things were before you. Even so, they're better still today. I can't think of who I was before you ruined everything in the nicest way.”
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“But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.”
-- Jonathan CoultonSource : Song: Still Alive
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“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan.”
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“I'm just a dude and I feel like being completely isolated would be kind of a drag. I really do get a lot of energy from feedback from fans. People create music videos and artwork for my music.”
-- Jonathan CoultonSource : Source: www.complex.com
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“There's a vast ecosystem for music outside of Myspace and Facebook and you need to make sure that your music is in as many hands as possible. I wanted people to share my music and tell friends about me, and if you want to rely on word of mouth, you have to make it easy for people. I got lucky because I had a few songs that hit big and got a lot of links on blog posts.”
-- Jonathan CoultonSource : Source: www.complex.com
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“It's weird but it's amazing, and it's great to know people are thinking about you. It's a huge ego boost and anyone that says they don't love that is lying.”
-- Jonathan CoultonSource : Source: www.complex.com
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