Quotes by Jonathan Coulton - Page 1

Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan.
Jonathan Coulton / Singer-Songwriter
Easy
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Stuff
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For me, the live show is sort of the ultimate expression of this journey that I've been on.
Jonathan Coulton / Singer-Songwriter
Journey
Expression
Shows
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But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
Jonathan Coulton / Singer-Songwriter
Running
Cake
Mistake
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I'm a professional Jonathan Coulton. It's partially ego, to be completely honest: It feels great to have people adoring you in that way.
Jonathan Coulton / Singer-Songwriter
Ego
People
Way
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It's weird but it's amazing, and it's great to know people are thinking about you. It's a huge ego boost and anyone that says they don't love that is lying.
Jonathan Coulton / Singer-Songwriter
Lying
People
Thinking About You
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You should know how great things were before you. Even so, they're better still today. I can't think of who I was before you ruined everything in the nicest way.
Jonathan Coulton / Singer-Songwriter
Love
Romantic
Thinking
Today
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I always feel uncomfortable at parties, and I'm often nervous when talking to strangers. I don't think this makes me feel special. Maybe everybody feels this way.
Jonathan Coulton / Singer-Songwriter
Party
Talking
Thinking
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I'm just a dude and I feel like being completely isolated would be kind of a drag. I really do get a lot of energy from feedback from fans. People create music videos and artwork for my music.
Jonathan Coulton / Singer-Songwriter
Be Kind
Energy
People
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There's something about comedy, funny things, that people want to pass them along. Serious things and personal things are much more privately enjoyed. That's why there are not a lot of sad viral videos.
Jonathan Coulton / Singer-Songwriter
Music
Funny Things
People
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I'd always meant to become a musician. I'd just never gotten around to it. And my daughter being born, I was like, Okay, this is seriously the last chance. And also: Do you really want to be a dad who never did what he wanted to do? You've got to set an example now. You've got to do this.
Jonathan Coulton / Singer-Songwriter
Daughter
Dad
Want
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Maybe in the back of my mind I was kind of wishing that I would become a rock star, kind of wishing that I would reach enough people who would be willing to pay me for the music, that I would actually be able to live off of just writing the songs that I wanted to write. But I don't think I really admitted to myself that that was my goal.
Jonathan Coulton / Singer-Songwriter
Song
Stars
Writing
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I very easily decide in certain situations that I'm an outsider. That's just my own craziness. I think that I have sympathy for those characters who are like that, but I love it when the humor comes from a character who is serious about his situation - only the way he's thinking about it is all wrong, or the ways he's solving his problems are never going to work.
Jonathan Coulton / Singer-Songwriter
Character
Outsiders
Thinking
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There's a vast ecosystem for music outside of Myspace and Facebook and you need to make sure that your music is in as many hands as possible. I wanted people to share my music and tell friends about me, and if you want to rely on word of mouth, you have to make it easy for people. I got lucky because I had a few songs that hit big and got a lot of links on blog posts.
Jonathan Coulton / Singer-Songwriter
Lucky
People
Song
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One thing I've learned is that the audience not only wants to be talked to but they also like to talk back. Maybe that's not a universal thing but people at my shows always have something to say. I love it because it encourages the spirit of having a good time together and it takes the show to places that I wouldn't be able to take it without their participation. The show becomes something that we're all working on together. That sounds really cheesy but I mean it.
Jonathan Coulton / Singer-Songwriter
Cheesy
Mean
People
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