Quotes from Julien Baker

The thing that is comforting about being a touring musician is whenever I say bye to my friends, I'm like, 'I don't know when I'll see you again but it'll be sooner than I think and if it's not soon then it won't matter.'

I feel really privileged to have gracious and merciless people with a lot of perspective and patience in my life.

The midterms are a chance for people to vote out those they believe are failing to address the concerns of citizens.

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

I think it's possible for Tennessee to be flipped to a Democratic majority, which would be beneficial to enacting policies that I would like to see, but beyond party allegiance, we have an opportunity to involve ourselves in change that will empower us not just now but in the future.

The more we can personalise, the more the market can fragment, because of all the availability that streaming presents. Things become old sooner. That's terrifying.

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

I love Hank Williams, he's the original emo kid. Some of his lyrics remind me of, like, Promise Ring lyrics.

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.'

I'm not going to force your participation in a conversation, I'm going to say I can be an example that these things can exist and don't have to be mutually exclusive. Like being a queer artist and being a Christian. Those things don't have to be mutually exclusive and I'm just going to be honest about them so that you know.

Often, small things give me hope when big things feel so oppressively bleak.

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.

My parents wouldn't let me listen to 'American Idiot.' So it felt very rebellious to go over to my friend's house after school and listen to it in secrecy.

When I talk about what I'm feeling, I can get outside of it and analyze it. I think that process, especially on 'Sprained Ankle,' happened after it was recorded. All of those songs are just documentations of how I felt at that time. I was writing them because I needed to.

All of my favorite hymns are admissions of faults, and finding redemption even in those.

My harmonies on 'Me & My Dog' are a little extra.

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

Cameron Esposito is a musician and podcaster from the States and she's hilarious.

I hope we can dismantle the idea that the entire south is sitting on our porches spitting tobacco and hating gay people.

Tolerance exists.

I think what kids who like heavy music are really looking for is the honesty and candour of it.

If I have the choice of saying one of two things to people, I'd like it to be the more honest and hopeful thing.

Sometimes you want to complain and be like, 'Why? Life is so horrible.' But it doesn't change that there are redeeming qualities and a universal capacity for redemption and grace. There are still things that make it worth it and bearable.

Writing songs has always been a process where I divulge a lot, just because music is a tool for me to sift through and process intense emotions. But having music be my primary occupation has changed how I interact with art.