Quotes About Creativity

Recording music is not really the healthiest thing for the body.

We should get into the habit of reading inspirational books, looking at inspirational pictures, hearing inspirational music, associating with inspirational friends.

Music is funny. I shouldn't even ever talk about music, because you can have all the ideas in your head, and it never goes exactly the way that you think it's gonna go.

I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.

I play music - I write my own music, but I play music, just background music really, and just let it happen.

I never listen to music when I write.

I love music, I make films with music, I eat with music, I sleep with music, I think with music. Music makes me dream, it strengthens my creativity.

And I like music, too, I like playing music.

I feel I have to play a role in the transformation of my thoughts. Music is the most powerful way for me to do that, through my own music, through listening to other people's music.

Starting out really punk came from not knowing any better and listening to music like that, not knowing how to play music - well, still not knowing how to play music.

I know that I loved music before I loved movies, simply because I didn't see movies as a kid.

Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.

The point is to let the music be itself. If it doesn't mean anything to you, then it's bullsh*t.

I'm sometimes critical about other artists who come out with something different until maybe I hear the music. If the music is there, then they did their job, and I'll enjoy the CD.

I love a little more driving rock and roll vibe and that kind of music has always spoke to me. I guess it just rubs off when I'm writing music.

I respect country music because I feel like it's more about the talent and the songwriting.

I want to do television, film, music and designing. I want to do it all!

As a music listener, I'm becoming more and more ADD - like, "Eh, I'm bored with this". So who knows how long I'll be playing music.

Still, to this day I go back and listen to music that inspires me to write now

I love music so much; I've always played.

I'm making black music. That's the only outline for me, really. That's the only boundary to stay with. It's soul music. I'm going all out in those terms.

Going back to the paradigm we live in, the only way to do music is if I can sustain living off of it. If I can't live off of it, I'm not going to be able to make as much music.

I may quit the music business someday, but never the music.

That was one of the reasons I became a writer - I never really had that many friends. I would read a lot, and listen to music. And that was my life.