Burnie Burns Quotes

The way I work is not the way that you work, and the whole point of any creative act is that. What I have to offer is me, what you have to offer is you, and if you offer yourself with authenticity and generosity I will be moved.

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

Whatever is about you that is translated into your art, that's gonna keep you completly original and fresh and I just think that, that's just the best advice I can give, to an artist creatively.

I only make movies that are interesting to me.

Find your own specific voice in filmmaking and go for it. Either people will get it or they won't and that's what it's all about.

I learned early in my writing career that if I try to tailor a song for someone else, I'm usually off base. They're usually looking for something from you with your character.

So it's not so much that I set out to do something different, it's just that the songs themselves require their own individual voice and attention.

My films, no one else will do.

You develop a voice and a process that's unique to yourself.

You hear it said time and time again by successful directors: You have to make a movie for yourself. Don't make it for anyone else.

We started making content because we wanted to see it, and so our content ended up being genuine.

When I sit down and make videos, my No. 1 thought is that I want to make a video that I want to watch.

You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do a song as you heard somebody else do it.

Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.

Creation is a sustained period of bliss, even though the subject can still be very sad. Because there's the triumph of coming through and understanding that you have, and that you did it the way only you could do it. You didn't do it the way somebody told you to do it.

Every show I've ever, you know, produced, essentially it's the show I want to watch myself.

Write what you think is good, is the whole of the law.

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

You gotta make the movie you want to make.

I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.

I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work.

And I think I have a distinct voice.

I've gotten to a point where I wouldn't direct someone else's material. It would only be something totally original.

An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's.

Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do, and then just go for it.