Tavi Gevinson Quotes

I'm a huge fan of Beyonce for so many reasons, and not the reasons that most people are. There's the obvious reasons - she's gorgeous, she's talented or whatever, but I think she's really super-consistent.

For me, music and life are all about style.

I love Paul Simon... his lyrics.

Lyricism was placed into my head in Ireland.

Music has always been a dominant force in my life. As a young kid, it was a way for me to escape everyday life. Today, it's a source of expression. I enjoy looking at old photos of some of my favorite rock icons, but also get inspired from the younger bands that are coming up and really creating their own style, their own image.

Star Anna is an American original. She sings from a place of beauty that takes me to a higher place.

Composing is like driving down a foggy road.

There's no way to learn how to write a hit song. There's no formula for it. You just have to have it inside of you.

I'm hungry for purpose. I'm looking for still that reason that I bought a guitar and started a band, to fulfill a purpose, to manifest destiny as to who I am and why I am the way I am, and what I do. I think it's still about the music, the song and the story.

The secret of a great melody is a secret.

I would say the hummingbird really deserves the royalties on [some of my songs].

Writing songs, that's what gets me going. Not the drugs or the sex or the rock'n'roll behaviour, it's the music.

He alone is great who turns the voice of the wind into a song made sweeter by his own loving.

Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do. It's not about being perfect, it's not about sounding absolutely correct, it's not about what goes on in a computer. It's about what goes on in here [your heart] and what goes on in here [your head].

Writing music is like tasting the sky. It keeps me dreaming in color.

Because of acting I've gotten to travel and meet so many amazing people, and they inspire new songs.

I'm the audience first, and if you're gonna be a great performer, you need to be a great audience. So, I do music for me first, and whoever likes it likes it, and whoever doesn't -- well, it's just not for them.

Music and fashion inspire each other.

I've always accepted some kind of deity, especially as a songwriter.

I would always write lyrics and songs on the piano.

The combination of what's written and just being in the moment is always the best way. You gotta start out with something solid and then you play.

Human nature provides the lyrics, and we novelists just compose the music.

What I do as a songwriter is a constant force in my life, that I'm grateful to have.

I wouldn't want to compare myself to David Byrne whom I consider a genius, but what I think what we have in common is that he's also a guy who is very interested in the world and who has a lot of passions beyond singing and playing guitar.