Quotes About Creativity

I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me. So I have to cover all the areas.

For me, music begins where words end.

Artists reach areas far beyond the reach of politicians. Art, especially entertainment and music, is understood by everybody, and it lifts the spirits and the morale of those who hear it.

I tattooed my body so I couldn't fall back on anything. I purposely did that so I couldn't get a normal job and live a normal life. I did it so I had to play music.

There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.

There is no such thing as happy music.

You know why I quit playing ballads? Cause I love playing ballads.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

Music has a lot in com­mon with math­e­mat­ics. But in music, two and two need not make four: they add up to what­ever you wish.

I liked when I was naive and I thought it was just about making good music.

I never thought Jazz was meant to be a museum piece like other dead things once considered artistic.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

When things get tough, there are two things that make life worth living: Mozart, and quantum mechanics

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.

I just always stay honest with myself. All my stuff isn't boastful, but some of it is. But that's just the music, the art.

Mozart didn't need a scheme for his music. He played and sang with the heavenly lightness of a child.

Jazz, I mean, music will always move, because it can't become stagnant. Because if it becomes stagnant, it's like a river, it'll kill us all. It has to keep moving, music will always flow.

That old funny-shaped bit of wood is still staring me in the face every day saying 'come on, you haven't started yet!' It's infinite.

One thing I like about jazz, kid, is that I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you?

The essence of higher instrumental music lays herein that one is able to express in tones that what one is unable to say in words.

I usually write my music on a piano, and I really enjoy performing that way, because that actually shows how the music was in my mind before it actually became an electronic song.

I make make music in my own time, messing around with beats and riffs I write. Always practicing performing in my room most times I probably look like an idiot dancing around haha.

Music mirrors where we should go, have gone and can go. Music is an abstraction.

Music before all else, and for that choose the irregular, which is vaguer and melts better into the air.