Princess Nokia Quotes

I've been messing around in the studio the last couple of years. But I don't want to worry about being taken seriously as a singer. It just really feels good to do it.

I don't feel like I'm on a mission. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to.

It's just always been a hobby of ours to make music that makes us happy and excites us when we make it.

I'm not losing the wonder in playing music.

It's weird because it almost takes something like Chickenfoot to make me realize why I was playing music in the first place. And that's to have fun.

But, you know, I'd be happy just making music.

Selfishly, I make music for me. I like to make music. I like looking for songs. I like working with interesting musicians. I like producing records. It's something I will always do.

I still enjoy doing music. I'm not going to stop doing it, and doing it the way that I feel it should be done.

I lived for music since I could think.

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

Have you ever wondered why young people take to music like fish to water? Maybe it's because music is fun. Plan and simple. It opens up their minds to dream great dreams about where they can go and what they can do when they get older.

That's what I've tried to do: I've tried to make music that I really love.

I'm definitely gonna do another solo record at some point. 'Flamingo' wasn't just me dipping my toes in the water. I really loved it. It was successful, and that helps, but I love those songs, and I miss singing them.

I've always loved music and felt connected to it, but was too afraid to explore that avenue.

I'm having fun just being a musician as well as an artist at this point.

I'm always just looking to get back to the joy of playing music, and keeping it simple, as much as I can.

Music was never an obligation for me; from a very young age, I understood it as a moment of freedom where you could express yourself. I realized how much joy it could bring and how much that meant to me.

I think the main focus as a musician should be to play the music you love to play, and the rest is going to come naturally.

I do music because I can just pick up my guitar and sing, and completely satisfy, instant gratification. I don't need a script, I don't people, I don't need anything, cameras, I just have myself and my guitar, or keyboard.

It wasn't until I was about 17 or 18 years old that I got into music.

I think the solo playing, the decision to start playing solo, came out of having discovered what lay behind the doors that that technique opened for me.

I just love making music, and I wouldn't want to stop.

Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do, and then just go for it.

I've made music since I was a kid so I've always gotten joy out of that.

Music shouldn't be a chore or feel like any kind of burden.