"I was always looking outside of myself for stories and ideas and influences and then I kind of realized in 2010, that all of this time, I've developed a "sound." And I've never fully explored it."

--

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

#Kind Quotes #Influence Quotes

“I loved the atmosphere of the dance studios - the wooden floors, the big mirrors, everyone dressed in pink or black tights, the musicians accompanying us - and the feeling of ritual the classes had.”
“You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.”

Source : "Mean Streets". www.imdb.com. 1973.
“I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.”
“I'm pretty sure most of us would be more fulfilled if we didn't fixate on fulfillment quite so much.”
“Part of the reason I make things realistic is, I donâ€™t really want to have to explain my work. What I wish to communicate is done so people can make their own interpretation, and if itâ€™s different to my idea itÂ doesn'tÂ matter.”
“In a museum in London there is an exhibit called "The Value of Man": a long coffinlike box with lots of compartments where they've put starch phosphorus flour bottles of water and alcohol and big pieces of gelatin. I am a man like that.”

Source : Letter, May 17, 1867.
“I'm a highly flawed individual, as we all are, and because I was raised by Jesuits, I'm constantly, 'What is it about me and what I can do to be better?'”
“With spirit we are all children of the cosmos; Without it we are orphaned and adrift.”

You may also like:

Andrew Bird
Musician
Bat for Lashes
Singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan
Musician
Laura Marling
Musician
Sharon Van Etten
Singer-songwriter
St. Vincent
Singer-songwriter
Sufjan Stevens
Singer-songwriter
Aaron Dessner
Songwriter
Owen Pallett
Composer