Quotes About Creativity

Music can imply the infinite if enough things depart from the norm far enough. Strange "abnormal" events can lead to the feeling that anything can happen, and you have a music with no boundaries.

I don't really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I make.

The thing about Nashville is, it's not just country music...There's rock & roll, there's every kind of music. It's just a music town...There's so much fun stuff to get in to.

Wherever the music comes from, if there is no focus behind it then it's just noise

Fashion intersects a lot with art and film and music, and that was appealing to me. I read a bunch of fashion blogs and wanted to be part of the community.

I'm very moved by Renaissance music, but I still love to play hard rock - though only if it's sophisticated and has some thought behind it.

It doesn't matter the kind of music, it doesn't matter whether it's a cowboy hat or a yarmulke. I don't care if it's outer space or pop, the spirit is the same.

Here's how I understand music. If you can play the same bunch of noise twice, it's music. To go beyond that is supercilious and pontificating.

For whatever reason, not all people are born with the particular gift of being able to express ourselves through music. And, believe me, it is a gift.

As far as I'm concerned, blues and jazz are the great American contributions to music.

You've got to make your own kind of music, sing your own special song, make your own kind of music, even if nobody else sings along.

While I was into many different types of music, and played with many different local groups, I really didn't have a band to call my own until Dire Straits was formed in 1977.

I like to go into a little shell and be a hermit and make music for a while.

I've always had a fascination with making your own music but never have been skilled enough to play the instrument, so to be able to make music without the ability was awesome.

Music will always be a major part of my life, its my outlet, I'm in my element and I'm free.

You see, that is it with music, you never stop learning.

That's why I played music; my social skills were limited. I think a lot of people that experience that pick up guitars, because they can't communicate otherwise.

Music is like having a conversation. All musicians inspire each other, and they're all geared to play something that matters.

I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.

I would leave school and be bummed out for 15 minutes, and then I would take my mind of things by making music.

I direct a lot of TV commercials and music videos.

Maybe if I knew music, I couldn't do what I am doing.

I'm learning more about life when I'm playing too, and writing music. I'm learning more about life, the connection.

Music is an experience, not a science.