Quotes About Creativity

Pearl Jam's 'Alive' is the reason I started to play music.

I started as a writer. I didn't play music until late in life.

I used to not really know any other people when I was young that wanted to play music - that's why I learned everything myself. As a result, you kind of naturally become an engineer of sorts, because you've got to learn how to record everything.

This is just what I do, play music and create sounds and all that good stuff.

We used to hang out in my studio apartment, play music and dream about being rock stars.

Generally we just play music when we feel like it.

We're four guys that play music. We're not a part of any genre. We just happened to have come out in 1998.

Literally everything I do is either write songs and play music, or I'm immersed in my domestic life.

I believe it's important to put all of your energy into what you're doing rather than doing an office job and trying to muster up energy for music. It's been a real blessing to play music full time.

That's what I wanted to do was play music.

I always had my guitar; I worked at writing some songs. I always played music - in the house. I sang to my daughters, I scribbled down some ideas. Actually I didn't always play music. I did leave it alone for some time too.

I always play music at home, every day I grab a guitar and start riffing.

All my life I only wanted to write and play music, but it took a long time to make a go of it, and I was one of the lucky ones!

I just feel I got my inspiration, education and all from others that came before me. And I added my... I don't even know if I added anything. I played what they played, and it sounded different, I guess.

James Brown was one of the first artists who found four bars that he liked and played them the entire way through, and then he just added to it vocally.

I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one.

I didn't know Albert back then - I just learned to play that way. He and I were the only guys that played left-handed. Then left-handed people came from every direction.

I'm a comedian, and the other comedians are played by comedians, the same way that in 'Once' there are the musicians that hang out together.

I can show you that I have played with just about every jazz musician, every African musician, every blues musician. It's not like I'm cashing in on a false concept. This is what I do.

I'm essentially the result of other people's imagination. And that's fine. Because of other people's imagination, I've played parts I would never have thought I could do. Still, I've never had a hankering or an ambition for any particular role.

I don't think music should be played anywhere near politics. The two don't go together.

I had no childhood, really, so I imagined more than played, and that definitely led to my showbusiness image, the theatrics and the drama of my life.

I've never played someone where I felt it was beneficial to build from the outside in.

For a long time, we just played here - Columbus is a perfect place to work your way up and maybe build a fan base.