Jay DeMarcus Quotes

There is still some art in pop music. But it can't happen if you're not inspired.

Artists thrive off each other, and when you see other people doing cool stuff, it inspires you to do cool stuff.

Inspiration must find answering inspiration.

I think that anything that leads to creativity and good work is good.

Watching TV on your own is not very inspiring. But meeting people is where you get new ideas and get things done.

I like messing around, and I like working with artists who I respect.

I get inspired at different times and in different ways.

I would probably work with Drake as he is massively inspirational to me as a writer as well as an artist. If not him, then Susan Boyle!

I write the songs and hand it over to the world and see what happens. But the things that I've written for people that have been hits, I don't know that I would have directed them in the right path, but they definitely wound up on the right path.

I love getting into a studio with a bunch of friends. When the day's done, we've made something. We recognize that we're from different walks of the music industry, and there's no reason we shouldn't be collaborating. That's what I'm trying to create with thenewno2 - a sense of community.

I've already got notebooks full of ideas for new music, so I'm gonna kind of nurture that just like I do all of my ideas and perfect it until it's ready and then I'll just let it go.

I always want to do something I haven't done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I want to work with.

Sometimes just getting out of the house and doing something you haven't done in a long time (or never done!) can open up the doors to musical inspiration.

If you look at history, innovation doesn't come just from giving people incentives; it comes from creating environments where their ideas can connect.

I'm encouraging other people, whether they're professionals or not, to use their creativity to express themselves, to get a conversation going, to get the party started, really.

Coming to Nashville has been so motivating and inspirational. Just watching people live and breathe their music and create something that they can feel from start to finish.

Maybe some people have written us off, but I think the new music today has also invigorated us.

I remember times when the whole music scene was just flourishing.

When I put something into motion, the creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed. I'm just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I'll die. But, it really is about that shared experience with people. I'm from theater, and that's really what theater feels like.

Meeting all the wonderful, new people and people appreciating my new music has been a really fun and blessed ride.

There's no better feeling than just going in and just working with someone and what comes out is something that the world knows about.

Sometimes a creative environment affects what happens within it.

I don't love the whole Hollywood mentality, but I do love the weather and how motivated everyone is around here. It motivates me to make fun music. I'm an East Coaster - I'm from New Jersey, so I'll probably feel like that forever.

I need, sometimes, individuals to spark an idea so that I can take off running.

When you have a situation where you're hanging out with 20 or 30 other artists, then there's insane amounts of creativity in the room.