Quotes About Creativity

There are some commercial artists that have number one after number one, and you go to their show, and the show's one-note. Yeah, they're all hit songs. But there's no emotion, because they're the same kind of hit songs, because they're what works at radio. That kills live shows for me.

I was never writing for commercial success. It's nice that it has come, but it is not important.

You need to come up with a reason to make a movie, separate from the commercial side.

I think you do independent movies because you're looking to cut away from commercial movies.

People think the effort is less in popular commercial cinema, but that's not true.

Bottom line is, off-beat film or commercial films, Tollywood or Bollywood, it's the role that matters to me.

The commercialization of dubstep isn't something I'm part of.

I really hate it when I see other bands selling their music to commercials.

People who haven't done commercials, don't appreciate how hard it is.

I didn't want to do film or commercials or television.

You know, I actually like doing commercials. I don't like doing them to the exclusion of everything else, but I like doing them.

I used to want to write commercials as a kid.

Commercials are art, too; they're 30-second movies starring people like me. If you look down on the medium, you're never going to book. If you don't love it, do not bother. Find another job you like.

I learned about making films by going into advertising, making commercials.

I do many commercials. All of them are interesting in their own ways.

On a film, you work with somebody for four months and it's wonderful, but commercials it's like catching up with someone for a beer except you happen to shoot something at the same time.

I don't understand people who write blogs and have children. You can't stop in the middle of bathtime and say: 'I'm just going to write a load of words - for free.' I won't do it - unless someone wants to commission me.

At home in my room, I'm funny, but if I'm commissioned to be that, I don't feel very funny.

Usually I commit to something in my head and then I start drawing.

I started writing songs later in life because I just couldn't commit to it before.

I enjoy working away from home as it gives me the space to really commit to the character.

All I try to do is to write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it.

With 'Acoustic Soul,' I saw my music as sparse. But I didn't do that because I was making a commitment to be commercial. That's what made 'Acoustic Soul' so difficult to produce. It took 2 1/2 years because I couldn't figure out what I wanted and still be commercial.

Once I began college, I was committed to writing, which I think is different from saying I wanted to become a writer. I knew I would always write; I just wasn't always sure how I would go about doing so.