Jim Goad Quotes

I never think about what others are doing. I do a film for myself, not others.

The deeper I get into my life as a musician, I'm discovering that it becomes less and less about other people, and more about what I want to do. And that's a good place to be.

I, in the end, make art for myself.

I don't write for a particular audience. I work as an artist, and I think the audience of one, which is the self, and I have to satisfy myself as an artist. So I always say that I write for the same people that Picasso painted for. I think he painted for himself.

I work as an artist, and I think the audience of one, which is the self, and I have to satisfy myself as an artist. So I always say that I write for the same people that Picasso painted for. I think he painted for himself.

I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see.

I like to choose my own way forward. I really do want to create something that I personally like a lot.

I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.

If people would like to come to my concerts I'd love them to come. And if they like the music that I make, I love that too. But I do not make music for other people. I make it to please myself.

With my designs and my ideas, I want to please myself first.

My rule of thumb is that I want to do things I'd like to go and see myself.

I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing.

I think the biggest reward is not physical. I rather obtain things spiritually. I mean, it's so cool to be acknowledged by the public, but that's not my goal. That's not why I make music. I would do it anyway, if there was no reward.

I want everything we do to be beautiful. I don't give a damn whether the client understands that that's worth anything, or that the client thinks it's worth anything, or whether it is worth anything. It's worth it to me. It's the way I want to live my life.

There's nothing wrong with writing for other artists, but that's just not what my purpose is.

I don't make art to make money, I make art so I can make art.

Everything I do creatively is never for money.

The rule I stand by as an artist is definitely be yourself, and don't make music just for other people: make it for you first.

If you enjoy and become a fan of Tony Rock, I really appreciate it! But, I do my comedy for me, so I don't try and please everyone or appease anyone. In the end, it's for me.

When I did TV shows and my other movies, I never try to do it for anybody. I just do what I think is good no matter what the genre is.

Writing is its own reward.

If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.

An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.

I have never expected anything from my work but the satisfaction I could get from it by the very fact of painting and saying what I couldn't say otherwise.

There are probably seven persons, in all, who really like my work; and they are enough. I should write even if I were the only patient reader, for my aim is merely self-expression.