Quotes About Freedom

I don't think there is a life in the mundane 9-to-5 hypocrisy. That's not living.

I do not get caught up in mundane, routine things.

Any time you can get a muscle car back, it's a good thing.

In my mornings I can do what I like - go to art galleries, museums and things, go to lunch with people.

Music has no limits, borders or ages.

The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.

Music has no borders, which is most important.

To me, that's what music entails. It's freedom, it's having the undeniable confidence to express yourself in a way that you know is right.

Dance music has no gender, class or creeds.

When I left Genesis, I just wanted to be out of the music business. I felt like I was just in the machinery. We knew what we were going to be doing in 18 months or two years ahead. I just did not enjoy that.

One consistent good thing I can say about the music industry is that at least I can make music freely now, and I don't have to do it when I'm off of a nine to five shift or something.

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.

I have no restrictions, no limits, no musical history to live with.

I don't want to do free jazz! Because free jazz - which is the musical equivalent of free marketeering - isn't actually free at all. It's just constrained by what your muscles can do.

I've never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.

I would say that as I've gotten older, I trust my intuition more; I allow myself more freedom both musically, creatively and my own life existentially.

I always communicate musically. I want my band not only to learn the form and feel of the song by ear, like I do, but also have the freedom to contribute.

I figured out that it was important for me to have my identity, just live independently and like being myself, musically.

When you make new musicals, you have the great freedom and the great burden that it can be changed.

If I get an idea for a song, I have a melody for it. I'm a musician first. I'm not limited by the fretboard.

I'm a compulsive musician, but it's also a bloody good way out of having to do anything else.

There's no rule that you have to like Henry Rollins the musician or the actor.

Being a musician doesn't take away your right as a citizen to speak your mind.

It's really nice to be able to do what I'm doing without having to compromise with another musician.