Quotes About Creativity

I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then it's already been covered by the media, and if it's not good enough, why would I want to bother with it?

There are reasons that bands and musicians make demos and outtakes - because they are not good enough to make the record. A lot of people forget that.

I write good songs out of fear... fear of failure. Because if they're not good enough, you feel yourself starting to fall.

It's my music. If it's not good enough, then that's how it will be.

With my songs, the question is always, 'Can you pull it off live, alone on just an acoustic guitar?' That's the litmus test. If I can, then it's a song I ought to record. If I can't, it's probably not good enough.

I'm just not interested in selling out to get on the charts and make people happy.

I'm not interested in a rock/jazz fusion.

You're lacking a human dimension of some sort if you're not interested in the arts.

I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art.

The thinking of John Cage derived from Duchamp and Dada. I was not interested in that.

I'm not interested in just beautiful girls and beautiful clothes.

I'm not interested in clothes that just convey a certain look or fashion. Clothes for me have always been a form of self-expression.

All the power to them but I'm not interested in making yet another show that looks like some other show.

I'm not interested in writing overtly autobiographical songs. I would rather explore interesting stories. I like the idea of the songs being evocative and distinctive, so I have in my mind the atmosphere that a film could evoke. I like to think of them existing in their own little world.

The last thing I want to do is to write about real things. I am not interested in reality and in real human beings and their real day-to-day problems - I just want to say to them, 'Hold still, and I'm just going to unpack, see what's inside.'

I'm not interested in an imaginary world.

I'm not interested in how people dress.

Everybody knows that I don't have a muse. I'm not interested in that.

I'm not interested in just putting out one hit.

I don't do storyboarding, ever; I'm not interested in that.

I'm not interested in celebrities, with their free dresses. I'm interested in clothes.

Some of the best times I've ever had in my life have been because of acting and through acting. But I'm not interested in the game of acting and being an actor and auditioning and all that stuff.

I'm not interested in seeing dance die. It's not to my advantage. Nor is it to our culture's advantage or anybody else's.

What I generally tell a class is that if you're not interested in anybody else's work but your own, take another class.