Eric Burdon Quotes

You just keep playing. If someone special comes along and organizes it in a new way, then you'll have another approach and everybody will jump on it to try to learn.

Every time I write a song my approach changes.

You have got to make new music, that is the way that I look at it anyway.

Growing up in Miami, having these different cultures and being inspired in so many ways musically has let me have a very long career, 'cause just when you think I'm gonna do this type of record, I go and do something else.

What I do is, I look at rock guitar players, and I say to myself, 'What is this guy doing? What does he have that can inspire me?' I try to see what other people are doing and take what they have and turn it and twist it into my own thing.

Every movie you score you hope is unlike anything you have done before. You are always trying to not sound like yourself.

The greatest thing about me is I have always been able to reinvent. We have done that about three or four times with my sound.

I feel like my music is like - there are always new influences in there.

Thomas Dolby is part mad scientist, part nature boy, and entirely moved by the power of music.

Music has to keep moving. But I was lucky. For me there was always something around the corner.

You'll find little schools of musicians experimenting with different ways of making music in Brooklyn, all through Manhattan, in Queens, in Jersey, you know? The city is still bubbling with creativity.

No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.

As far as long-term goals, one of my favorite artists ever is Tegan and Sara, because every single one of their albums sounds different. Or Beck. I want to be like that because I come from so many different types of musical backgrounds.

Any good music must be an innovation.

When you tune your guitar in a different way, it lends itself to a new way of looking at your songwriting.

A lot of songs are derivative of each other. Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration.

There's no field of music which doesn't have good ideas.

What motivates us is always new music.

Many times in music, if you are given limitations, it expands the creativity.

Music has to change. I don't want to stay the same forever.

People come in because they like 'Old Town Road.' They'll find out that I'm just not going to stick to that.

If you're always playing the correct notes, there's something wrong - you're not searching; you're not reaching for anything.

The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.

I tell my fellow reggaetoneros, keep giving it your all and bring more creativity.

As an artist, you tend to gravitate to the opposite. I know, when I finish a song or an album, I'm interested in doing something completely new. It doesn't always happen, but that's the idea. My poor fans - I don't know if they love that or hate that.