JP Saxe Quotes

JP Saxe

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 23, 1993

I Don't Miss You' is me trying to lie to myself about my feelings - how I distract myself from them, how I compartmentalize them, and how I ultimately lose to them.

JP Saxe

Love will always get better than a love that doesn't want you back.

JP Saxe

Fifteen minutes before I got the notification that 'Julie Michaels has tagged you in a post,' I was listening to her music and talking with my friends about how Julia was one of my favorite artists and songwriters.

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I want to be watching and reading enough about what's going on to feel informed and empathetically connected to the world around me, but not enough to have anxiety keeping me up at night.

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As teenagers, acceptance is such an important part of our life. But this is not something you get made fun of or bullied about. The movement is spreading.

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I used to think I wouldn't be happy being anything but a musician.

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It would require a lot of neglect of my own life and memory to say I don't believe in serendipity.

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If I'm being an idealist, I would say it's extremely fulfilling to know that I had a part in creating music that inspired people to put love first in an extremely challenging time.

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There's too many moments... to not accept there's something exciting and mystical going on.

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Music was the first place that I ever started to develop a relationship with myself.

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I wasn't really sure how to fit in when I was younger, and I spent a lot of time by myself.

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Once I involved myself in music as a 13-year-old, I started to learn something about myself that I liked. That was big for me when I was younger and it was through music that I started to find community and friends.

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It always starts as journaling for me. I find if I try to write a song, it doesn't feel as sincere as if I just write down whatever is in my head and then come back to those writings later to see what might sound like a chorus.

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In the grand scheme of things, choosing your love for somebody over the petty reasons you don't talk to someone is a meaningful consideration.

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I don't think in the post-apocalyptic skillset 'sensitive songwriting' is one of them.

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Like if Postmates isn't working, I don't know how I'd survive.

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I don't think, as an artist, you should be trying to make music for every moment of someone's day.

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I recognise that my music is probably for your 1 A.M. alone time - and I'm ok with that because, the truth is, that's where I wrote most of it. I mean, if I'm going out dancing, I certainly don't want to listen to my music.

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I moved out there when I was 19 and lived out of my car, sleeping outside the studio, hoping I would get a call from the producer to come in and write the next day.

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I think a lot about the morality of songwriting, and the line in the sand I've arrived at is that sharing your feelings about someone is totally above board, but when you start talking about their specific personal details, you've crossed the line.

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