James Mercer People Quotations

I sit and write songs alone and then get together with people to help me flesh it out into a recording.

Horrible dates are when you're with people who are immature and can't really be comfortable in their own skin.

I really [enjoy] working with new people and just sort of the freshness of it. ... I [want] to have those new conversations, musically and otherwise.

The thing that inspires me most is empathizing with people's flaws and seeing how they deal with them. That sort of connection you feel with someone when you realize that maybe even the negative things that they've said or done are because of insecurities or injuries they've endured.