Quotes About Creativity

It was probably years before I was confident enough in stand-up that I was able to talk about the things I wanted to talk about, the way I wanted to talk about them.

I feel more confident about what we're doing as a band and what we're trying to do as a band and the way we're looking at it as a band.

I was always confident in my art and in myself as an artist.

I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.

I am in no way a confident person - except when it comes to what I'm writing. It's just like, this is what I can do, and I have what I think is a pretty strong voice, for better or worse. It's the style I like to write in.

I like writing and don't confine myself to just the words or just the music. But I don't particularly write songs with myself in mind.

Art is much more confined by materials than writing is.

Sometimes I don't want to be in the confines of what a band seems to provide.

Our experience making 'Pieces,' all it did was confirm our passion for film making to ourselves. We were having the time of our lives, and we were in love with what we were doing.

We are stimulated to emotional response, not by works that confirm our sense of the world, but by works that challenge it.

When you're a writer, you're always looking for conflict. It's conflict that drives great stories.

Sensitivity, awareness, and conflict - these have catalysed my creative growth.

You're made aware of what the industry is and what you need to conform to; I don't fit that, and I'm never going to.

I like that I don't have to conform to the normal women-in-music-selling-sex-appeal thing.

The first five albums I did, I tried a little bit of everything. I was trying not to conform at all.

It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.

The studio is the place for me to really confront my feelings and get it all out. I love being in that space and creating, doing what I love, making art.

Being an artist and a human in this world always means confronting people who make you feel like you have to act according to their rules.

I always wanted to create my own musical world. That takes time and must be earned, and it does mean sometimes confronting the expectations of the audience.

I think a lot of artists get confused when people like their music; they think that means people know and like them. I'm sure there's an element of truth to that, but to me, the music I make is what I'm most proud of. I prefer to focus on that and for people to focus on the music, too.

To write what is not dead on the page, one has to be open to all kinds of disturbances and challenges and confusion.

I started to write my songs when I was 15 and living in the Congo.

There's no meaning to life without music. Everybody has their own connect with music.

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.