Jeff Hanneman Quotes

I don't need music to write, but sometimes I put music on. I don't need special clothes or even my own equipment.

We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going... Concentrate on something useful.

When you're on a roll, you want to stay busy - you want to keep that momentum going.

As long as you can start, you are all right. The juice will come.

I don't generally listen to music while working, but sometimes music can help me get past minor writer's block.

I just want to make good music. That's it. That's what I care about.

I listen to music constantly while writing.

I get so many ideas for songs, but I'm so seldom disciplined enough to sit down and crank them out.

When all is said and done, monotony may after all be the best condition for creation.

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.

If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be.

When we clear the physical clutter from our lives, we literally make way for inspiration and 'good, orderly direction' to enter.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

I always have music playing in my studio when I design. It really gets me in the mood and allows me to focus.

For a long time, I would write without music, because I thought it was distracting until I appreciated that it actually unlocks a certain unconscious productivity vault in my mind.

I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.

I've never been able to relate to apathy. I've always been doing stuff, been in action, making music or working just to get by.

Some writers like to work in other places like coffee shops, but I can't - I'd end up people-watching. And if I were at a bookstore, I'd be reading. Sometimes I have some music on, but usually I like it quiet.

Sometimes I write with music on, and if I'm in a good flow, I don't even hear it.

I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead.

My writing life is always a bit disorganized. It's hard for me to get going, but sometimes, once I begin, I go like the wind.

I'm very easily distracted unless I have music on. Listening to music while I brainstorm makes me think of scenes that would fit the mood of the music I'm playing.

But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find.

Just put one foot in front of the other.