Arca Quotes

I only do solo albums when songs are screaming at me to be let out of my mind.

When I get into the studio, I write from my heart.

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.

We never sit down before we start making a record and talk about this new sonic palette that we are going to try to explore. We always let the record kind of reveal itself to us over time.

At times, I will get in the studio and force myself to just write an entire front-to-back record, and 'Let Me Go' is one of these.

I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then I wrote one called Melissa.

Being on the road is a great habitat for creating new music because there's so many different experiences.

Sometimes before we make a record I go back and listen to a few. It's equally humbling and uplifting.

The way that I've always gone about making music, the rule of thumb, has just been to make what I love.

I've done a lot of albums and I kinda know when I'm onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album.

Emotions are the fuel to really move you along - that's the only way you can create music. If you don't feel any emotions, it's not going to happen.

I just make whatever music I want. It's my obsession, and it's very fulfilling.

I look forward to the future - and going into the studio to make new music.

I'm only worried about what I'm doing or how I present music. I just try to do things I want to listen to, and I think that's what everybody else is try doing, too.

When I begin working on a production, I don't really think about my previous album or albums. I try to have a real creative process.

In my off-time, I do record. Once in a while, I'll just go into the studio if there's a really good song that I have in my head and want to do. I think, as artists, you're constantly in creative motion. If I stopped writing songs, then that's a part of me that would stop in my life, and I need constant motion.

I make music not to make money but because it's in me.

There's always hunger to create because I believe that's what I do. I believe that's what I'm supposed to be doing.

I really just care about making music and how I can make it next.

I like to have an album arc that comes from an experience rather than a story.

Being a creative person, I want to feel the highs and the lows.

When you're making music, you're creeping up on your heart and pouring it out into something.

'It's Everyday Bro' started with me talking about the things I do on a day-to-day basis. From there, the creativity was unleashed, and the song was the result.

I don't write anything down - it comes from my head and my soul and my heart and my pain. That allows me to make the best music I can make.

I view making records as a journey.