Kevin Parker Quotes

The freedom you feel when you're actually in control of your own music is fantastic.

I got tired of depending on other people, and I had this strong desire to make music of my own. I decided to start writing my own tunes and just see what could happen.

Especially with music, people want confidence.

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

There's art in rhythm playing. Just find it. Make your own art. Find your place, and when it's your time to solo, it's your time to shine.

I was lucky I went to school in London because the tutors could see what to do. I knew I wanted to do something different. Why would I want to do what other people were already doing, because they would always do it better? I always wanted to work around the body. So throughout my college years, my work was quite free.

My music is like my freedom space.

From the beginning, I knew intuitively that if nothing else, music was safe, and that nobody could tell me anything about it. Music didn't need a middleman, whereas all the other things in school needed some kind of explanation.

I'm very independent, creatively, always trying to push myself - and I think that comes from my mother.

I wanted to express myself. I wanted to be creative and I didn't want to worry about someone bossing me around in the process. You have to struggle no matter where you are to get to where you're going, so I'm like, working it honey!

My music has always been enough.

Playing and listening to music gives you a sense of fulfilment because you have to put everything in you at its disposal.

'DWTS' really made me feel confident, and has given me a lot of just self-worth within myself and realizing that I don't need a man to be successful and that I could do a lot on my own, and have my own voice and have my own opinion.

To me, that's what music entails. It's freedom, it's having the undeniable confidence to express yourself in a way that you know is right.

I've always been very independent, and I love being able to enjoy different parts of music. It's amazing to be able to hear the sound in your head and instantly make it come to life.

I think that BENEE definitely has this newfound confidence in me where I love to do whatever I want and have fun making art.

I got my style. I got my own way of playing. I'm a musician. I'm self-taught.

I've realized along the way that a lot of things that I do as a performer are about waiting for somebody to write something for me or develop something for me, but music, music was the thing that I don't have to wait for anybody's permission to do.

I don't want to rely on what people say about me to feel good; playing's what I really enjoy.

I'm proud to be one. I feel a lot stronger, a lot sexier and I think that all of that is reflected in my music.

I find my inspiration in myself.

You have to be able to make a real creative life for Yourself, before you can expect anyone Else to provide one ready-made for you.

In time, she learned to develop her own opinion of the people that she worked for, and she got stronger. Think she's now much stronger. In the beginning she wanted to believe she was strong but sometimes she faltered.

Analysis gave me great freedom of emotions and fantastic confidence. I felt I had served my time as a puppet.

I've done a lot of collaboration over the years, but right now I'm enjoying writing by myself and just being me again for a while.