Quotes from Jakob Dylan

I don't like to sing things that just sound like they're going straight down the tubes, and they're circling the drain, and there's no hope. It doesn't feel good in any way to sing.

I'm realistic. Getting to everybody is not the goal here. The people you can affect in any way - that's who you want to get to.

The back story of a songwriter isn't important to me - I don't listen to music needing to know who the guy is.

I always saw songwriting as the top of the heap. No matter what else you were going to do creatively - and there were a lot of choices - writing songs was king.

Every song you write you think is the last one you're going to manage. You put everything you've got into the song, and you've twisted it and pulled at it and dug in and found a way to complete it. To get another one is the trick.

I'm a very upbeat, positive, optimistic type of person.

I do look at songwriting as a lot of work. I don't overintellectualize music as a special medium that only some people deserve to do. I think it's something you do if you put the work in.

When I listen back to my music and everyone else that's out there, I'm aware that there's something I can do that the next guy doesn't do.