Quotes About Artistry

Writing music always happened for me in periods when I wasn't under the influence of mind-altering substance.

Music is what I love, take that away from me and I really got nothing.

Obviously, the music and lyrics are in me, but if I let myself get in my own way, I do. I empty out and let it come, and then the music spirits take over.

I've been making Bass Communion music longer than any kind of other music. I don't know if you picked up a copy of a vinyl release I put out a couple of years ago of something called Altamont.

I'm happy to write 10 times too much music.

Joao Gilberto on guitar could read a newspaper and sound good.

Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.

I don't want to limit myself musically. It would be really limiting if we'd neglect something we really want to do, like explore other styles of music.

Any band that is out there chasing it is doing more destruction to music then someone who is out there playing what they truly feel.

My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting.

A lot of times good, pristine recordings prevent the listener from getting emotionally involved in the music.

Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music.

I'm creating music - it doesn't matter if anyone else likes it.

You're in direct contact with the music by having the strings under your fingers. It's not mechanical like a piano.

Maybe in music you're making an auditory environment and maybe you change your environment around you to suit your own way.

I don't care about the rules, if I don't break the rules at least 10x every song then I'm not doing my job.

Elvis' early music has drama because as he sang he was escaping limits.

I think there is a certain perversity in my music in that I continue, you know, to eat at the same ball of vomit year after year.

There is the music that we make, and the music that makes us.

Music should never be a job. It should be your hopes, your dreams and everything you believe in.

I make music to generate atmospheres, not to complement already existing ones.

I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.

The music is first and foremost everything - no egos, no attitude, nothing - it's about the music.

Soul music is timeless.