Quotes About Creativity

I like to have something that makes me want to write. Otherwise, I'm just writing for the sake of it. I feel like if I've got something to say, I'll say it the right way.

Yeah, we're definitely not opposed to working with famous vocalists, but we really want to make sure that it's all about the sound of the voice and how appropriate it is for the song, and not kind of 'getting together with people just for the sake of it' kind of thing.

I would never make a movie just for the sake of making a movie.

I'll always err on the side of art for art's sake.

I love that with a lot of my favorite records, I couldn't tell you the sales on them, like Scarface or some of the UGK albums.

My book sales make 'real writers' possible.

I liked 'Rumours,' but to me, there was some point where the focus became the sales, not the music.

The process of writing and creating and answering that very unique call inside yourself has nothing to do with agents and sales and all that stuff.

I like 'Salty Dog' by Procol Harum.

Writing is my salvation. If I didn't write, what would I do?

I love Sam Peckinpah.

Sam Shepard is - I didn't tell this to Sammy, but if I had to point to one artist that made me want to do this for my life, it's Sam Shepard.

I'm writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.

I was trying to do the same thing that I always do which is make an interesting record.

You can't just play the same thing, over and over again.

You can't plan to write a great song. It just happens to you. It drops in your lap. It's the same thing with a woman.

If you do the same thing every night, that's the death of music.

You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.

Some artists are happy doing the same thing again and again, but my favorite artists are the ones who evolve and grow, and I want to be one of them.

There's only so many things to sing about, so what's going to make a song appeal to you more than someone else's is just a unique way of saying the same thing.

Running is very rhythmic, and I have written a lot of lyrics while out running. It's a very musical exercise, and sometimes I like to sing when I run. Your whole body is doing the same thing.

Mostly, theater becomes blander and blander as everyone wants the same thing they saw before. The good plays are the ones that don't allow you to do that.

Honestly, 'Side A' is supposed to be a project just from my heart and whatever is happening in my heart at the time, and I want 'Side B' to also fit that same thing.

Any characters that make me think, 'I don't know if I can do this,' are the ones I most want to do. I don't want to do the same thing over and over.