Zazie Beetz Quotes

Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.

People ask, 'Are your things autobiographical?,' and I think, no, they're not autobiographical directly, but of course my life has informed my work.

I don't draw on my inner life in my work.

My music has been inspired by true events in my life.

Real-life experiences will probably end up in my music.

I saw that my best work was my most personal work, which is odd, because my fiction is very far afield and has nothing to do with my life.

All my work comes out of my life.

When I was working on 'Everyday Living,' I was going through a breakup.

My films are always a reflection of where I am in my life.

As a musician, it's only natural that my music mirrors my life.

I write music about what's going on in my head, what I'm angry about, and what I think is wrong/right.

One of the key emotions a lot of people seem to be feeling is disillusionment, and what I try to do as a lyricist is touch on these emotions.

I don't write about nature, but I'm definitely very inspired by it.

I always look for inspiration, and the creativity of artists is an essential element to my life, my work, and my happiness.

I would think, as an artist, it's inescapable that you'll be affected by the world around you.

Artists have always been my biggest source of inspiration.

Everyone's music is made of their own life experiences.

I can get inspired, like anyone, from movies or music or TV or a certain way people think.

Inspiration can come from anywhere, and a lot of the time, it depends on how you feel when you get up in the morning.

Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness.

If you wanna write a song, ask a guitar

Music has fed me a lot of ideas... The film BLUE VELVET came out of Bobby Vinton's version of the song BLUE VELVET.

The paintings usually start as abstracts and then I look at them and look at them, and like a Rorschach test, I try and see what it is.

Many young painters would never have taken their pencils in hand if they could have felt, known, and understood, early enough, what really produced a master like Raphael.

Sometimes I write from personal experience, but so much depends on what mood I'm in. If I'm in a good mood, I'll write happier songs.