Jon Crosby Quotes

But usually I begin things through a drawing, so a lot of things are worked out in the drawing. But even then, I still allow for and want to make changes.

You can't just play the same thing, over and over again.

Without deviation progress is not possible.

I always try to do something different. I don't think I've made the same record over and over.

Just because you used one set on one guy and had success doesn't mean you can use that exact set, that exact timing, the next time.

What the world is saying to us human beings is, 'Don't stick to the old ways, learn to think anew.' And that's what musicians do every day.

I like to reinvent with each project, in any which way possible.

I didn't want to write the same book over and over.

I never do the same thing twice.

Occasionally, you have to make adjustments and try different things.

I like to leave a little room to innovate and change things around while I'm working.

The fun for me is to mix it all up. I would actually like to do something as far away from what I've just done, just for my own personal joy and growth, for what I want to do.

If you don't want to get bored with what you're doing, you have to change.

I don't like to get bored and don't like to repeat myself.

Usually I'm the one who does the covers. And I just said, man, it would be nice to see what somebody else could do, outside of this thing. A fresher look. And I never, in a million years, would have come up with this. Believe me!

Sometimes altering your position is the right thing. Sometimes it's not.

I think there are actors who are like, 'Okay, what am I doing, how am I doing it, what's the appeal? Tell me what to do, what are the exact lines from the script? Okay, I got it.' I am not that way. I would be a terrible bus driver. I'd want to be like, 'Oh, let's take this side road! Let's see what happens when we go down this back alley.'

I think I've always been slightly addicted to not repeating myself. When you're doing something the first time around, it's often the best time. I think 'Blank Project' is about carrying on. Its that thing where you're making something because you have to, but you don't know how or why.

I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things.

I don't dig staying in one groove.

I just find things that work and embellish them.

We have the script, we have the actors, and we're trying to figure out what this is, and you don't know what it is. You have to be open to what it's going to become rather than have this thing that you're trying to get to, which is boring.

We always have a take that's 'one for fun', so once you've got what you need, you can do what you like. Something does occasionally pop out of that tree. I'm always open to ideas.

I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.