Jann Klose Quotes

I think most of the best new work is intended to have much more impact at once.

I always wanted to create my own musical world. That takes time and must be earned, and it does mean sometimes confronting the expectations of the audience.

There is no point in playing safe, because the audiences love different quirks: something that is crazy and out-of-the-box. I think that's what my space is, and if you are going to have your own space in the industry, this is where I want to be.

I have to be more universal than my projects, but no less innovative.

Fear is a problem with film music and films; people want to be conventional, and there's more commercialism today. If you are not daring in your art, you're bankrupt.

A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.

I am my own audience. I always picture me and my mates and think, 'What would we enjoy listening to?'

He lives with his creativity in high gear.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

What's missing in the musical theater is producers willing to nurture new work, raise the money and put it on.

Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.

I never was the battle rapper. That was never my thing. I always felt like it's enough room for everybody to do their thing. I like bringing new energy, re-inventing the wheel, so to speak, every time I come out.

I'm not trying to become a pop artist, and I'm not trying to make sure I stay a country artist. I'm just trying to make sure I make the best music I can, according to my way.

I love to work with artists that were able to find a brand new name and create something really exciting and fresh.

A lot of producers and creative types want to see you be you. Throw something else out there and show them where you would take this part. A lot of them are launching shows for the first time, so they've got a lot riding on this, too, and they want you to be their flight.

I don't say that I'm going to be like every other comic that's blue, or gratuitous use of language. I do try to have my own standards: I don't do everything the audience wants, and I do try to surprise them.

I think I'm always trying to subvert conventions, and sometimes it's more successful than others.

Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before.

The minute you start assuming that the audience is very happy to see the same show again, you're dead.

The best films come about through experimentation.

When I'm making the music, I feel like everything I throw out has to work. It counts. Because if you don't have people turning they neck all the way around to see what it is, it ain't stick on the wall.

If you have the ideas, and you're a creative person, then you don't really differentiate in how your ideas manifest themselves.

For me, what is most important is the element of surprise. If I can surprise you with every film of mine, that is exactly what I am trying to do.

If you're always thinking about someone else's work, about the tradition you're working in, how can you possibly make anything good?

Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself.