Art Quote by Jhene Aiko

When I start a song, I have an image and a story. In many ways, it's more like painting than making music.

— Goldie

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

When I'm writing, it's the weirdest thing: it's not even a conscious process. I'm not even thinking when I write, and then all of…

— Banks

As a songwriter, you're never off - for me, anyway. There's a certain mentality of people that decide, "Oh, we're going to try to…

— Kenny Chesney

I'm really an artist of feeling. I like creating things when it feels right.

— Will Ferrell

I feel it's my job as the artist who is making the music to pair it with visuals that I see in my head…

— Melanie Martinez

I feel like, for me as an artist, it takes me a while of living with the tracks and living with the body of…

— St. Lucia

I think that creative work, music in particular, is a conveyor of inner emotional life. I don't feel one way all the time, so…

— Kyp Malone

You're always going to write and draw inspiration from things that you're feeling, things that you've felt. It's kind of impossible not to unless…

— Harry Styles

I just write songs whenever I feel like it, whenever they come to me.

— Cass McCombs

I have a certain amount of creative energy, and it used to go painting. Now most of it goes to music. I like to…

— Samuel Ervin Beam

I feel like I've gotten to the point where when I get tired of making art I can make a smooth transition into making…

— John Dyer Baizley