Julien Baker Quotes

Julien Baker

Profession : Musician

Birth : September 29, 1995

I don't think I'll ever get that tour ennui. Just getting to visit New York and all these different places - I'm always so excited to look at the window. I look like a crazy tourist stumbling around... 'This is beautiful.'

Julien Baker

I adopted this idea whether I was going to end up making music for three people in a bar or Wembley Stadium, I was always going to do music.

Julien Baker

Me at parties: 'Like, do you want to know the historical context of the prophet Jeremiah?'

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If I can say so without sounding presumptuous, I want to model women being collaborative instead of competitive.

Julien Baker

I stan my friends!

Julien Baker

Painting with broad strokes, I feel like a lot of journalism makes it out to be like the collective consciousness has a finite imagination for multiple women at one time in a similar genre.

Julien Baker

I hate those articles - this is a pet peeve of mine - like move over X, here's the new Y. And it's just like, X didn't become obsolete because there's a person doing a similar thing. You also don't have to be like the new old-thing, you're just the current you-thing.

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There are still men in the professional or behind the scenes world that are controlling women to build credibility.

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There are so many people in Memphis who have real reasons to be angsty, but I was just a suburban white kid with all this misplaced rage.

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Tolerance exists.

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All my heroes are teachers.

Julien Baker

Sometimes, it feels artificial to try to come up with a solution to something that none of us know how to solve.

Julien Baker

Sometimes, what's helpful is to admit that we are discouraged and admit that we are at a loss.

Julien Baker

I think people learn best and are more engaged when it's just normal relatable situations that illustrate the principles they're discussing.

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I don't like to believe in canon.

Julien Baker

One thing I'm super aware of in my music when I'm writing is: 'Am I overcomplicating this?' I'll write a song about some deep existential quandary and explore all these dumb thought waves, and then think 'Is it effective to say that? Or is it effective to say one simple thing that communicates the feeling better?'

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We think empathy is innate, but it's not. It's a muscle you're working.

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I like Telecasters because they are so versatile.

Julien Baker

There is something familial about punk. There is something positive. Even though some punk is destructive, nihilistic, explosive.

Julien Baker

When I was in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade, Green Day was my formative entry to punk. I wish I could say I was listening to Minor Threat and Black Flag, but I wasn't. Bay Area punk bands were doing it right.

Julien Baker