Sufjan Stevens Quotes

My siblings and I were raised like tenants, to be honest. There was a total absence of intimacy in my family, though there was still a great deal of camaraderie among the kids. Things were set up almost like a business, and it had to be managed that way because we were really poor, and there were a lot of mouths to feed.

Sufjan Stevens

• Kids
• Poor
• Honest
• Intimacy
• Absence
• Sibling
• Camaraderie

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  Sufjan Stevens
  • Kids
  • Poor
  • Honest