“A few years ago, my friend Daniel Smith [of indie oddballs Danielson Famile] invited me to the Tin Angel, a tiny club in Philadelphia, to hear Jimmy Scott. I had no clue who he was, but I was blown away. He sang in this lilting, odd, almost grandmotherly voice, but it was also so youthful. It was like he was extremely old and extremely young simultaneously. [...] It almost sounds like he’s singing in a different time signature or tempo, and yet he’s very deliberately placing his phrases in all of these bizarre upbeats. Everything is so suspended, his voice just drifts.”

Sufjan Stevens [via]