Ian Gillan Quotes

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

I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea.

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.

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 think we've all been in the middle of doing something we cared about, when someone coming in the room and saying 'hello' was annoying. I personally can understand that, as someone who tries to create.

I have read that, when you are writing or working on something creative, and your attention wanders, your brain is processing and working on what you have just done. But I find it hard to believe that my brain is really taking five hours to fully process the seven minutes I have managed to spend focused on one thing.

I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost.

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

I've always got a novel under way, but if I try to work on it every day, exclusively, I falter. So I always keep more than one thing going.

I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on one, I hop back and forth.

You can't really think about more than one movie at a time. You're thinking about it consciously, and the subconscious is working too, and if you cram too much into your head, you don't get any ideas in the shower.

I'm a believer that you shouldn't really talk about the drawing until you're done with the drawing.

I'm a fictional monogamist - I can only work on one thing at a time - but each novel starts growing in my head when I'm about midway through the previous novel.

I've tried writing with music on, but I find it distracting.

I'm not very good at writing songs when I have a lot of clutter in my mind.

There's no writer's block; there's only distraction.

I write while listening to music, mostly because the world beyond my headphones is too chaotic.

Writers have a reputation for being distracted. That's because writers are distracted. They are always tuned into that other voice, the one in their head that rarely turns off.

Writing music is hard if your head is full of waste.

High energy creates more energy, more energy, more energy. It kicks off synapses, I guess. It opens up your brain and you think of one thing after another thing, after another. You can really open yourself up comedically, which is fun.

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.

I can't write a line without music - it provides just the right amount of distraction to keep me focused. Clearly, I still miss the noisy roommates.

When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!

I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.