Ed Westwick Quotes

In terms of the symbolism, I think that if you do it right, writing is a bit like dreaming.

Music is about expressing things you can't in everyday life.

Music has always been such an amazing tool for me to access self and emotion.

I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.

My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart.

I think you can really gauge my state of mind by listening to my albums.

I'm always asked if the songs that I write are therapeutic, and my answer is a quick no. In fact, it could be argued that they exacerbate my neurosis.

I'm not a man of many words, I'm not very expressive or emotional, but it comes out in my music.

I think poetry was always where I went to deal with my deepest feelings.

In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.

I've always heard music in my head since I was a little kid, so I've always played towards that. If I felt bad, that's what I did.

I'm just a perpetually confused and terrified person that is trying to be less so all the time, and music is the byproduct of that.

My creativeness stems from my love of music. Music is pure emotion. Music is the infinity sign. Music is self-expression in its purest form - it's how I express my anger, my self-doubt, my love. I think my music is very vulnerable and very expressive, very transparent.

I write music about what's going on in my head, what I'm angry about, and what I think is wrong/right.

A lot of my music is inspired by personal situations in my life.

A writer's subconscious is one of the filthiest places there are: as a matter of fact, you can find the whole world there.

Creativity is what helps me escape a lot of my inner demons.

Obviously the imagination is fueled by emotions beyond the control of the conscious mind.

Personally, I can't see how anyone can produce any beautiful music out of being angry.

What does music mean to me? I don't think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It's my means of communication, my means of growth, my means of transportation from one point in my life to another.

I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.

I play music, I paint - these things come from your depths.

As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place.

Music is an escape for me.

You've got to be able to pay your bills; otherwise, you're not going to sleep at night. But beyond that, the world inside my head has always been a far richer place than the world outside it. I suppose that a lot of my art and writing are meant to bring the two together.