Quotes About Creativity

To write a song and have it embraced by someone, even one person, I don't think that's something that everyone gets to experience.

The '60s had edge; the '70s had embroidery.

Embryo is one of my favorite groups ever.

Nothing is more exciting than being around new talent when it emerges.

Well, I think if you're telling a story, a three act structure will just naturally emerge out of it. But I also love it when a film doesn't feel like it's anchored too rigidly to that structure and you feel like anything could happen.

I just really need to sing and sing and sing and not worry about writing. Just by singing for pleasure, your voice takes you to what it wants to sing. And that is how the best stuff kind of emerges.

Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.

I think Eminem should use Auto-Tune.

At first, I was just trying to sound like DOOM and Eminem, and then I dug out my own voice, I guess.

And I would like to work with Eminem. Because I've always been a fan of his work.

I like Eminem's style, and Missy Elliott. I really like M.I.A.

What appealed to me was that the focus of 'North Atlantic' was more about performance rather than emoting, because I was at a point in life where it was nice not to have to emote all over the place.

Music is an emotion, and I put it out there.

So much emotion goes into writing fiction.

My music comes from my emotion, always.

I feel like I can't write something that has a real emotion in it if I can't connect to that emotion.

I write emotional music.

I just sort of write the book I feel like writing given the emotional place I am in my life at the time.

I think of my songs as there to be something to move people emotionally.

Any piece of art has the potential to emotionally touch you and nudge you.

I'm writing about emotions.

My work is through my emotions, so everything kind of goes together.

I love actors. I'm empathetic to them. I understand what they go through. But I didn't want to be an actor.

We all must support the arts, as it is our culture. It makes us better people. It makes us happy; it gives us empathy and shows us how to live. It is so important.