Quotes About Creativity

I think that what I'm interested with is the creative side of music-making, rather than all the travelling.

I was very drawn to music of all types, from Beethoven to Jimi Hendrix. There were musicians and composers who obviously were expressing a vision that was beyond the mundane.

I gave up language for a while, and I started painting.And then I only listened to Miles Davis and other instrumental music to see how it felt to be without words.

I don't how I can describe the quality that is only found in art (be it music, literature, painting, or whatever), this quality, it's just there, and it endures.

I guess in a way I just feel blessed to be able to make music.

I can't act without music very well.

Refine your senses through the great masters of music, painting, and poetry.

Computers are no more able to create information than iPods are capable of creating music.

I'm in a band, and we play music. And that's sort of my way of still being a rock star.

There's a thin line between interesting music and self-indulgence. We crossed it on the Passengers record.

I'm always asking friends what new music they're into, and I love showing people new talented artists.

It's the clothes that influence the music I'm going to play.

I just didn't make music that you could sing with a big grin, still don't.

I'm a strong advocate for music. I think guitars are wonderful.

My music is not really about one ideology. It's not about one truth.

I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else.

I think my music's kind of cold, but I don't know if it's related to the weather. It might be because it's always grey [in Montreal], it's very depressing.

I love interpreting other people's music.

The good thing is that there is a constant need for innovation, which is important in the evolution of music and sound.

Music gives the soul this inner self-expression, a voice. It gives the soul a sound, the sound of the Muse.

All I want out of music is to think to myself, this could be in a makeover montage.

I see artists as a great battalion moving through paint, words, music towards cosmological interpretation.

I don't think events in your life affect your music.

I personally do not write highbrow music. If I do, it's by accident.