Jesse Kellerman Quotes

I'm a person who is always trying to write in a different vein.

One of the reasons why I don't write the same kind of book again and again is that I get bored very easily, so I like to make things interesting for myself.

Of course you draw from yourself, but the artistic nourishment you want to get is be versatile, do something different, and I think I got a chance to do that in a lot of different ways.

I always try to do something different. I don't think I've made the same record over and over.

Creatively I just enjoy challenging myself in different genres.

If you do the same thing every night, that's the death of music.

One of the things I've tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I'm able to broaden people's expectations of what I'm allowed to do.

I've had to keep exploring different ways of presenting the music so I don't repeat myself.

I'm content with making records, but I don't want to be doing the same thing all the time.

Every time I write a new book, I want to push myself to try something different.

You don't want to play the same roles or do the same genre.

I had opportunities to stay on shows for long periods of time, and maybe financially that would have been good, but I feel good about trying to keep doing things that are a little bit different than what I've done.

I think that the idea of having a different approach to every single one of my albums is so exciting to me. I never want to make the same record twice. Why do it? What's the point?

I wouldn't want to make the same film every time. I get easily bored.

My style evolves day by day; I love change.

I always like to do something different in every song.

I didn't want to write the same book over and over.

I enjoy changing; I think it's more fun to try something different than to just do what you did last time. As an artist, you just want to keep creating, keep finding a place that really inspires you that feels fresh and new, and keep it exciting.

Be it in the movies I make or on stage, I think it's a trap to keep doing the same thing over and over again.

I always make a point to make my records different. Let's say I have a record that's influenced by hip-hop in an abstract way; for the next record, I'd try not to do that. They are all connected in a personal way but it's important not to repeat myself, because then I can always learn something about myself through my work.

For me, my criteria for making films is all about trying to do something different from the last time. So if I catch myself doing too much of one thing, I'm always trying to move away from that, because it's not going to be challenging enough to keep my attention and focus.

The fun for me is to mix it all up. I would actually like to do something as far away from what I've just done, just for my own personal joy and growth, for what I want to do.

The hardest part is not to repeat yourself. I don't really believe my core obsessions are going to change, but you need to look for ways to express them that are different. The main reason for doing that is not to bore yourself, and obviously, I don't want to bore readers.

I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various.

I think that all my albums are different enough where I don't feel like I did this the last time.