Quotes About Flow

I think what gets a poem going is an initiating line. Sometimes a first line will occur, and it goes nowhere; but other times - and this, I think, is a sense you develop - I can tell that the line wants to continue. If it does, I can feel a sense of momentum - the poem finds a reason for continuing.

I don't write poems and put them to music. Just let things flow.

Poems evolve. I don't feel like I choose them; they just come to me.

Life doesn't come in plot points or setups and payoffs. Life washes over you and passes.

If I get writer's block - this is going to sound funny - I take a shower. Something about the water feels like I'm cleaning my brain as well as my body.

As cliched as it sounds, I'm taking every day as it comes.

I'm a big believer in the benefit of a home studio. You're sitting there and maybe you don't know the next line. So you go outside for a second, maybe. Make a sandwich. Play with the dog. Or watch an episode of 'The Office,' whatever. And then it clicks, you run back into the room, and you've got it. It's not like your creativity is on the clock.

I don't worry about collaborating. Whatever happens, happens.

Players come and go, and that goes for coaches as well.

Water can communicate. It's communicating with us, it's communicating with other water.

I find it very difficult to compose when I'm not playing.

I don't meditate before I play or compose, but I see playing and composing as meditative acts.

When you're concentrating on just the music, you're not thinking about anything else.

I kind of just got right into playing music because I could kind of stop thinking when I was concentrating on playing the guitar.

Surrounding yourself with a great team that is really discerning and not pushing or rushing into a certain direction that doesn't seem like a progressive flow is really important.

I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.

Sometimes you can feel the gears shifting in scripts, like really trying to make something work that feels sweaty for whatever reason. I really enjoy reading material that just flows - it's definitely a skill to make something feel effortless.

The best swimmers are the ones that almost don't try the most... It's just about relaxing and enjoying it.

A book is kind of like a river; I simply jump in and start swimming.

Rock bands don't really swing... a lot of rock is stiff. They don't understand the feel, the movement, you know, the jungle of it all.

We play rock & roll, but we swing when we play. We want that ongoing flow, that lightness, that forward rush of jazz.

I think I have my own sort of distinctive swing, for sure. I think that's something that comes really natural to me, to push against the beat and kind of explore a triplet feel behind everything just to see what that feels like.

Most players are like golfers. You don't want them swinging while they're thinking.

When I'm swinging the club at my best, it's because I'm not thinking about mechanics at all. I feel like my body is loose. My arms are soft in front of me when I'm setting up, and my chest and shoulders feel as if they can move and turn easily.