Bill Callahan Quotes

United States, Singer
June 3, 1966

Bill Callahan (born June 3, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who has also recorded and performed under the band name Smog. Callahan began working in the lo-fi genre of underground rock, with home-made tape-albums recorded on four track tape recorders. Later he began releasing albums with the label Drag City, to which he remains signed today.

Also known as Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer-Songwriter

There are a million tiny weird towns. You never know what you're going to get into if you drive an hour into the wild.

Bill Callahan
- Weird
I'm more into human nature than politics. But they're intertwined. Obviously, I live in civilization, so politics are part of my life.

Bill Callahan
- Life
- Live
- Nature

From the first time you can look in the paper and you accept that you're the entertainment for some people that night, it becomes so much more enjoyable to play live.

Bill Callahan
- People
- Time
- Live
As a kid, I was just a kid. Average.

Bill Callahan
Every day I don't Google my name, there's another beautiful day.

Bill Callahan
- Beautiful
At midnight every night, I would methodically leave the house for a couple hours' walk, come back in, and record. And then the sun came up. If I had done something good, then I'd be happy and go to sleep.

Bill Callahan
- Up
- Good
- Done
I like mountains and oceans and stuff, which is where I've always felt some sort of power of meaning, but that's not necessarily spiritual.

Bill Callahan
- Power
- Spiritual
I'm somewhere between a gumshoe and a journalist. A writer, not a symbol.

Bill Callahan

I will concentrate on playing guitar, on lyrics and on singing. I am a part of things; I am not the encompassing 'Smog.'

Bill Callahan
- Singing
- Lyrics
I've never detected a correlation between where I am and what I write. I think there could be something subconscious, though. And I can't really speak for my subconscious.

Bill Callahan