Quotes from Ahmad Balshe

A lot of people are ashamed to talk about mental illness. To me, it's power to give people that.

My songwriting has brought so much to me as an artist and my ability that I have as an artist has brought so much to my songwriting that they live off each other. Without one, the other one dies.

A lot of times I don't really work with people based on a look. I work with people I know, and that I think would bring something to the music. Ultimately I think that's the best way to go about it.

I would hope the pages would be blank, and every time you flipped the page, a beautiful picture would form. The universe knows where I'm going, and I'm just gonna let it do what it does.

I live in that studio. I make music when they party. I make music when they go on romantic trips and on vacations. I'm working. That's what I do. This really has all my attention all the time.

I wanted a new phase in my life I needed something new. I stepped back, started doing song writing and various business ventures down the line.

I mean for me, I can't really say I differentiate 'cause when I go into the studio to make music, I just make music. Sometimes, it just ends up with me, and sometimes it doesn't.

Every musician knows your studio is like - it's a bubble for you. It's a personal space. This is where I work, where I create.