Quotes About Creativity

The architect must not only understand drawing, but music.

I'll make music, whether or not anyone is listening, for the rest of my life. It's a natural form of expression for me, the same way I draw and write and sing.

What I came back to is that jazz is a music to be played and not to be intellectualized on.

I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets.

In order to lead a fascinating life, one brimming with art, music, intrigue, and romance, you must surround yourself with precisely those things.

..I wanted to create music that was so different that my mother could tell me from anyone else

Sing a song, read a poem, paint a picture, hear the music... Rise up and touch the stars

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

Music is about the only thing left that people don't fight over.

I like to be one of those drummers who actually add to the music, not one of those guys who sit in a room 24/7 trying to outwit or outplay another drummer.

To be a true artist you have to play the way you feel not the way others think you should feel.

Modern music is as dangerous as narcotics.

Being able to express myself through music and art has always been when I feel the most alive.

Bands are about these little relationships that make everything tick, and when you create new music you're testing those relationships.

The genius of our country is improvisation, and jazz reflects that. It's our great contribution to the arts.

Jazz is neither specific repertoire, nor academic exercise... but a way of life.

If you're curious, if you have a capacity for wonder, if you're alive, you know all that you need to know [about music].

I'm going to spend my life writing poems, turning them into music that will affect people and touch their hearts. I'm going to write the songs that people can't write for themselves.

It's a marvelous feeling when someone says I want to do this song of yours because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after.

To me, the piano in itself is an orchestra.

Music is interior decoration.

They flat their fifths, we drink ours.

The music is within your heart, your soul, your spirit, and this is all I did when I sat at piano. I just go within.

My ambition was to live like music.