Todd Rundgren Quotes

I just wanted to make something in the world and worry about the rest of it later and not get too caught up in rules.

To be creative and spontaneous, you have to live with imperfection.

You have to free your mind to do things you wouldn't think of doing. Don't ever say no.

I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like to write.

There are no rules in art.

With 'Friday Night Lights,' we were encouraged to make it our own and improvise as much as we wanted.

It's something I have always tried to do in my career - play outside the box.

I'm trying to do different music, and I'm trying to be out of the box.

If you look at somebody like Sam Bee, she got to create her own thing without any expectations that there was a show there. That was probably liberating for them.

If I start playing by the rules, I will inhibit myself of the possibilities that lie beyond. I don't like to be framed or given borders to operate in or curtail my thought process and as a writer it's not only my choice but also my need to go beyond the given framework.

I'm so happy when someone does something original, and there's no focus group or planning committee. If the cinema doesn't get an injection of that once in a while, we're in trouble.

I have always lived my life outside of the box. I find it to be way more fun there.

We do things differently. You don't have to worry about being part of a particular genre. You just go for it.

One of the things with the second record, a word I held close to my chest was 'brave.' To take chances to go outside the box and explore. To continue to toss off any expectation that our fans or anyone else might have of us, to just tap into who I am as a writer and artist and really just operate within that freedom of creation.

It's always been my intention to never be boxed in. I never like to do something that it feels like I've done before.

I like more the fact that I like to think out of the box. Thinking out of the box goes along with dressing out of the box and living out of the box.

I enjoy creating. And if you can do it in a cool way, do it. You can't worry about disappointing people or what their expectations might be.

Why not do something strange and different for once? Artists can do whatever they want!

There's a lack of creativity in every field because people are afraid. As an artist in this world we can do whatever we want

A creative person has to be alive. He can't borrow from things he's done in the past. He can't let his method choose his subjects or his characters. They can't be warped to fit his style.

I have created a life by stepping out of the box of people's limitations. I call it zigging when others are zagging.

It's exciting to watch people do and write and say what they feel like doing, writing and saying.

I never imagined myself doing a one-man show. If I'm going to do one, I'd rather do one that breaks all the rules.

I've never followed a list in my life, and that's probably what has created so much nervous energy in my body.

Not to be boxed in, to be able to transcend boundaries: for an artist, it's essential.