Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens (born 1 July 1975) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.

Quotes

 * Art is... a reflection of a greater divine creation. There really is no separation.

Michigan (2003)
She came to Romulus for a day. Her Chevrolet broke down. We prayed it'd never be fixed or be found.
 * Once when we moved away,
 * "Romulus"

Sleep in my bed There's a design To what I did and said
 * Rest in my arms
 * "Vito's Ordination Song"

Seven Swans (2004)

 * You gave your body to the lonely, They took your clothes. You gave up a wife and a family You gave your ghost. To be alone with me. To be alone with me You went up on a tree. I've never met a man who loved me.
 * "To Be Alone with You"

Illinois (2005)

 * Oh, great intentions, Covenant with the imitation Have you no conscience? I think about it now Oh, God of Progress, Have you degraded or forgot us? Where have your laws gone?
 * "Come On! Feel The Illinoise!"


 * He dressed up like a clown for them With his face paint white and red. And on his best behavior In a dark room on the bed, He kissed them all.
 * But in my best behavior, I am really just like him Look beneath the floorboards, for the secrets I have hid.
 * "John Wayne Gacy, Jr."


 * Tuesday morning at the Bible study We lift our hands and pray over your body But nothing ever happens
 * "Casimir Pulaski Day"


 * In the morning when you finally go And the nurse runs in with her head hung low, And the cardinal hits the window. In the morning in the winter shade, On the first of March, on the holiday, I thought I saw you breathing.
 * "Casimir Pulaski Day"


 * All the glory when He took our place, But He took my shoulders and He shook my face, And He takes and He takes and He takes.
 * "Casimir Pulaski Day"


 * Oh, I am not quite sleeping. Oh, I am fast in bed.
 * Thinking Outrageously, I Write in Cursive
 * "The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!"

The Age of Adz (2010)

 * "It's been a long long time since I've memorized your face.
 * "Futile Devices"


 * Words are futile devices.
 * "Futile Devices"

But when I live, but when I live, I'll give it all I've got.
 * When I die, when I die,  I'll rot.
 * "Age of Adz"


 * At least I deserve the respect of a kiss goodbye.
 * "I Walked"


 * Somewhere I lost whatever else I had.
 * "Now That I'm Older"

I know I've caused you pain. But I must do the right thing; I must do myself a favour And get real, get right with the Lord.
 * I know I've caused you trouble,
 * "Get Real Get Right"

I want it all for myself.
 * I want it all,
 * "All for Myself"


 * I'm not fucking around.
 * "I Want to Be Well"


 * Ah, ah, Beautiful is the mother. Ah, ah, Beautiful is her son.
 * "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabelle"

Carrie and Lowell (2015)

 * Somewhere in the desert, there's a forest  And an acre before us  But I don't know where to begin 
 * "Death with Dignity"

And I long to be near you But every road leads to an end
 * I forgive you mother; I can hear you
 * "Death With Dignity"

Three, maybe four She left us at that video store
 * When I was three
 * "Should Have Known Better"

Traced your shadow with my shoe Empty outline changed my view Now all of me thinks less of you
 * Found myself on Spencer's Butte
 * "All of Me Wants All of You"

Where you hid your cigarettes
 * Some part of me was lost in your sleeve
 * "Eugene"

For the rest of my life, admitting the best is behind me  Now I'm drunk and afraid Wishing the world would go away What's the point of singing songs If they'll never even hear you?
 * What's left is only bittersweet
 * "Eugene"

My little hawk, why do you cry?  Tell me what did you learn From the Tillamook burn Or the Fourth of July? We're all gonna die
 * Well you do enough talk
 * "Fourth of July"

Everything I see returns to you somehow Should I tear my heart out now? Everything I feel returns to you somehow
 * Should I tear my eyes out now?
 * "The Only Thing"

with its lonely and greedy demands.
 * I am a man with a heart that offends
 * "John My Beloved"

in its lonely and ramshackle head.
 * I love you more than the world can contain
 * "John My Beloved"

In a manner of speaking, I'm dead
 * There's only a shadow of me
 * "John My Beloved"


 * Fuck me, I'm falling apart
 * "No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross"

Others

 * Planes will crash, He'll never let you down. So maybe there's a crash coming for the ground,  Seek His face, He'll never let you down. Worship grace, He'll never let you down.
 * "God'll Ne'er Let You Down" (2001)


 * Did I make you cry On Christmas day? Did I let you down Like every other day? Did I make you cry On Christmas day? Did I let you down On Christmas day? . . . I stay awake at night After we have a fight I'm writing poems about you And they aren't very nice.
 * "Did I Make You Cry On Christmas Day? (Well, You Deserved It!)" (2005)


 * If I miss my chance, I didn't even try I'm not one to regret Christmas in July.
 * "Christmas in July" (2006)


 * Since it's Christmas, let's be glad Even if your life's been bad, There are presents to be had.
 * "It's Christmas! Let's Be Glad" (2006)