Passenger Quotes

There's no rule that says you have to make records constantly, like clockwork, to continue being who you are.

Whatever art form you're working in, it's crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it.

I hate the whole 'record your album, do your promo campaign, have a year off to write another album' pattern. As an artist, you should keep creating as much as you possibly can.

From its conception and that one and only meeting, 'HITNRUN' took about 90 days to prepare its release. If that's what freedom feels like, 'HITNRUN' is what it sounds like.

If I was a painter, I would have hundreds of finished and unfinished canvases in my studio waiting for people to see, and it is the same with my music. I've got so many pieces of music and songs waiting to be heard.

Of course it's super special to create your own records; it really is a part of my self.

I do my stuff, my "mixtapes," as you say. We just need time to capture. After that, I do not know what he thinks, but for me, it is time to get things together.

You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.

There's an intrinsic value in creating something for the sake of creating it.

Art is not only about angst.

No one was creating and I always wanted to be created on.

I don't think I'm making any great statements, and I certainly don't think I'm making art.

All the things we have to remember, and I've mentioned this before, is that we're all artists.

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

I would never live in anything I design. Life and art are different. My life is very precious to me - my art is precious to me. I love designing things for other people, but I don't like designing things for myself.

As a creative person, you want to start with a blank canvas.

The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.

I hardly ever listen to any of our old stuff now. Once the songs have been recorded and put on to vinyl they become someone else's entertainment, not mine.

As a DJ, people expect a certain sound and a certain danceability for the music. As a producer, I really like to let go of any rules that may exist.

I would draw a really sharp distinction between creating and producing. I think that they're very different things.

I wanted to express myself more fully through writing and directing. It just feels like a package deal. Anytime you create anything, you try to exert mastery over your world.

I feel like when I'm on stage, when I'm writing songs, singing songs, I'm in the studio, I'm shooting videos, I kind of get to become this character, and I can make that whatever I want to make that.

I feel that recording a song already compromises the magical music one can create in the mind, so the fewer people watering down this process the better.

My influences change all the time; they have to remain current, because they're the things that capture your imagination and make you want to go into the studio.

I don't dictate the solos and I don't dictate the vocal harmonies.