Sufjan Stevens is doing “okay” two years after the dying of his associate however is just not able to tour.
Sufjan Stevens: ‘I’m not likely in any frame of mind or any place to go on tour but’
The 49-year-old singer/songwriter was left devastated in April 2023 after his associate Evans Richardson died and he additionally struggled with ill-health the identical yr after being recognized with the uncommon neurological situation Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
Nonetheless, Stevens has insisted he’s therapeutic and in a “state of restore and survival” after a troublesome few years.
He informed Vulture: “I’m okay. Scenario regular, all up, type of a factor. I’ve had some fairly troublesome issues occur to me, so I’m in a state of restore and survival. I’m not likely in any frame of mind or any place to go on tour but. However I’m beginning to see the sunshine. I’m beginning to really feel a way of path towards one thing significant and substantial. I’ve been specializing in the second and on issues that really feel very foolish and Zen: serenity and acceptance and obligation and stewardship.”
He additionally revealed he’s discovering consolation in mundane actions.
He stated: “It’s numerous gardening and dog-walking and operating a small enterprise. I’m the first proprietor of [record label] Asthmatic Kitty now as a result of [Stevens’ stepdad and label co-founder] Lowell is retired. I’ve a staff of individuals, however I’m much more concerned than I was. It feels good to have that to occupy my time proper now. I’m doing numerous abnormal, mundane adulting. The opposite day, I needed to get a septic pump changed. I’ve needed to retile the kitchen and purchase some new home equipment, and I’ve obtained seedlings below develop lights within the storage. I’ve been engaged on different folks’s music this previous yr, not my very own. It appears like my life is in service to different issues proper now. It’s superb and required of me. I’m okay, I’m okay, I’m okay. It’s been two years of a s***tshow, however I’m okay.”
