Maggie Stiefvater Quotes

I love music, I make films with music, I eat with music, I sleep with music, I think with music. Music makes me dream; it strengthens my creativity.

I became a musician because I love music, and that is what has sustained me; it's not because I thought it was a great way to make a living. Music saved my life.

Music is a big part of my life. I listen to different genres, and I choose the music that will inspire the next part of my story.

If I stopped writing and being at my piano, I wouldn't know how to live. It's your best friend.

It's all about the mood I'm in and the scene I'm writing. 'Cause work controls my life, writing controls my life, performing controls my life. So I don't listen to any music that's not an influence on what I'm working on that day. Music is a big influence in my work and sometimes drives the energy of where I want to go.

If something happened where I couldn't write music anymore, it would kill me. It's not just a job. It's not just a hobby. It's why I get up in the morning.

Music is one of the most essential things in life. It is what teaches us.

The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion.

I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.

I cannot live or write without music. It stimulates the normally dormant parts of my brain that come in handy when constructing fiction.

In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age. Music gave me another outlet. The 'no wave' bands were such an inspiration; it felt so free - once you start doing it, it's hard to stop. But I can't get away from art. It comes back around. I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't pursue it.

I write songs, and I sing them. I never formulated a plan; I can't tell anyone else how to do this. But it feels right, so I just kind of enjoy it and get on with it.

The idea of writing songs because you're depressed and you need to communicate it somehow, that isn't really true for me.

For me, music gives a voice to fashion.

If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.

I wasn't a very academic kid, and music was the way for all that feeling and angst and sex and love and anger to be channelled.

I'm doing what I do for the right reasons. I love the music that I make.

I can't really stop doing the music because it really feeds me.

Music is an important part of my writing process.

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.

I've always used music for my acting, and I do have a kind of a very personal play list that I create.

Most of my inspiration comes from mistakes, so every time I make a massive mistake, that usually affects me so much that I have to process that via song.

I always listen to music while I draw.

I write to music, and Nina Simone is always on my playlist to write to. I mean, she's inspiring. She's truthful and real and raw.

My music is like a diary. I use every experience.