El-P Quotes

People get to a certain age and success that they stop being curious. I'm still curious because I haven't really had that success. I've never done a record to catch whatever the latest sound is. It's my love of music, eclectic-ness, and the music that I heard my entire life that seeps in. That's what you're hearing.

If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.

Thomas Dolby is part mad scientist, part nature boy, and entirely moved by the power of music.

I fell in love with the piano. I knew it was me. I was dying to play.

I have a curiosity that compels me to find ways to make music that are fresh and new.

What I want to happen is to be really creative, and to play something new in the improvisations, every time.

You have got to make new music, that is the way that I look at it anyway.

Any good music must be an innovation.

Soccer presented no challenge to me. Playing felt like breathing: I always had a magical connection to the ball. But it didn't feel like an adventure. Music was more of a challenge and, in the end, felt more interesting.

All of my solos were improvised initially - I would go in and get my bearings and see what I came up with.

I love originating shows and originating songs - there is nothing better than being the first one to get to do a song.

I still picture myself as a student of the music. I'm always trying to learn new things. Music is just what makes me tick.

The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.

The great love of my life is music.

My intentions have been, and are always, to just really get behind what my ideas are musically and to just ride this thing out, cause it feels good, and I think for the most part it's good music. Even when it's not, I'd like to still search for something that could be even like a little bit mind-blowing or shocking to me.

To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.

That's what I've tried to do: I've tried to make music that I really love.

I always recommend to any player to always compose their own music. It's one of the best things you can do to find a road to your own style.

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.

A lot of songs are derivative of each other. Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration.

What is nice about country music today is that most artists are not trying to do something everybody else is doing. They really are trying to develop their own uniqueness.

I think music is my favorite thing to do, but I go through periods where I think differently.

I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it.

Pushing yourself and digging into something new, that's what being a musician is all about.

I like that people are still trying to guess what kind of music I'm making.