Aesthetic Quote by D.A. Wallach

I can only speak for myself - there were times when I just wasn't inspired by creating music.

— Common

I create work, and I devote myself to the creative process, and I try to stay pure in that process and be worthy of…

— John Zorn

I'm not that prolific in terms of making my own music.

— El-P

I'm just here to do the best that I can do with the music that I make, and I'm not making it for any…

— Jack Garratt

Composing is what drives me; it's not the pursuit of fame. My songs are like pages in a diary.

— Mick Hucknall

I think as an artist you have to reinvent yourself every day.

— Damien Hirst

It never occurred to me that there was anything odd about writing my own music, and so I used to just jot down little…

— Richard Meale

Usually, I create tunes that are fragmented. I think the biggest obstacle for people with their creativity is that they feel they have to…

— Jeff Mangum

When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.

— St. Lucia

I think I just liked the idea that I could make something, that I could communicate some sort of idea through music.

— John Congleton

As much as I love performing, nothing juices me up creatively like being in my own studio for an extended period. Songs, ideas, even…

— Adrian Belew

As I paint, I realise, while it's something I do very much by myself, it's very solitary, the creative process feels similar to making…

— Black Francis