Rebecca Miller Quotes

I remember when I was in art classes, I hated following the assignments. And I would get in trouble for doing something totally different or taking it in a weird direction.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

You can be creative and not addictive, or addictive and not creative. Most addicted people do not produce anything of remarkable note.

It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?

I found out that total creativity involves a certain intellectual rebellion - not to become a criminal, but somehow. to be totally creating, you have to do things that are a little bit forbidden. You have to feel free, and we know freedom is a hard thing to get.

Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.

I was a total bad girl growing up.

When I was a kid, I'd spray paint my hair, cut clothes up.

Drugs, sex, booze, all the stuff that we wanted to do. The problem was that we didn't want to learn the top 40 'cause most of the music was awful and we had this other idea about what we wanted to do.

I don't study; I create.

Records don't have to be perfect. Everyone doesn't have to move left when everyone else moves left. I love hearing the mistakes.

To be an original is probably the hardest quality to find if you're a young filmmaker.

I don't like playing standards. I like to do my own cutting edge work.

Art is not predictable. Art is not golf, as great as that may be. There are 360 degrees of choice to make.

No one should do drugs thinking that they will make a great record. That's not the way to go, for sure.

I'm a little insane, and I'm going to be a little different. But hopefully, somewhere in there, in that creative arena, something will emerge that is new and different and unique.

My goal is to try to avoid a genre.

I was a troubled young kid, and I would try to break every rule.

We do things differently. You don't have to worry about being part of a particular genre. You just go for it.

I admire Lady Gaga. She wears exactly what she likes, no matter how good or bad it turns out.

I was a real wild kid, spending much more time outdoors than I ever did indoors.

I experimented with drugs and I experimented with everything that little boys do - vandalism, throwing eggs at cars, breaking and entering schools and destroying a room. But I finally got to a point where I looked around and said, "This is not getting me anywhere. I'm stagnating with these guys." They were getting drunk and high every weekend. I got out.

As an artist, I have been a risk-taker. And I've done a lot of different things. I don't make it easy for people. Identification is difficult. One doesn't recognize my art right away.

I just wanted to make something in the world and worry about the rest of it later and not get too caught up in rules.

The more creative you are the more trouble you're in. You have to be courageous!