Grant-Lee Phillips Quotes

• There's nothing more painful than something that's superficially upbeat but you can kind of tell behind it that there's a cynicism, or even a bitterness.

  Grant-Lee Phillips

  Bitterness, Kind, Painful

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• I played with the same band for years and years and theres a beauty to having one solid core that you keep exploring. On the other hand, its nice to throw yourself in different situations where you find out things about your own resources.

  Grant-Lee Phillips

  Nice, Hands, Years

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• Being an actor is a much more structured life than being a musician.

  Grant-Lee Phillips

  Musician, Actors

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• I don't know how other bands play the same songs every night.

  Grant-Lee Phillips

  Song, Night, Play

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• I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.

  Grant-Lee Phillips

  Inspiration, Thinking, Misery

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• I'm always keen to head to where the greatest gravitation pull is tugging me.

  Grant-Lee Phillips

  Tugging, Gravitation

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• I've made a few albums in such an autonomous way; it often has been exhausting. It's almost difficult to enjoy the process when you take on so much.

  Grant-Lee Phillips

  Albums, Way, Made

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• It's not an insult to have a past and to have some accountability to it.

  Grant-Lee Phillips

  Past, Accountability, Insult

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