Benji Hughes Quotes

I got to realizing that I wanted to record, I wanted to experiment. And doing those same old songs the same old way - I said, 'I think it's time for me to have some fun.'

When I do a take, I very often try things that I haven't planned to try to see if I can pull it off.

If there's room to make a record every year, and it sounds nothing like the old one, I might do that. It's easy to get in and have fun. To me, if it feels right, that's all that needs to be done.

What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory.

I don't have anything saying, 'I'm going to do this many new films, and this many comedies.' But, it's always exciting for me, whenever it is a new character and something I haven't done before, and that's part of what draws me to it.

I love being in the studio. Expressing myself that way is really cool.

I make records with an open mind, I always have.

I try to do things that keep me interested. And play music that moves me. I like to move around and play in a lot of different ways.

I just want to keep making music, recording and trying different things. I don't want to do the same thing all the time.

What I want to happen is to be really creative, and to play something new in the improvisations, every time.

To keep creating something with this type of music, you have to take it out of the box.

Any talk of 'craft' makes me laugh. My music looks outward; it does not gaze upon itself in admiration. Artisanal is for cheesemakers. I don't know anything about music theory. Every time I approach my guitar, it's like the first time. There's no craft in that.

Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment.

I'm very, very open to experimenting with different people and trying to find different methods of writing and making music.

I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically, really. And I'm very, very open to experimenting with different people and trying to find different methods of writing and making music.

It's funny, man, sometimes you record something that you plan on re-doing later, but then when you listen back to it, you decide to keep it because you realize that it's gonna be real tough to beat!

That's the thing I love the most - making records and creating new things. That's always the thing that grabbed me. Making records is the thing that I really love.

You know what the material is so that you never play it the same way twice.

It's very fun to be the hunter of the sounds. The hunter of the right energy. And it's not really about if every sound is correct; it's more the energy - if it hits you in some way, it doesn't really matter to me if it's not perfect. I'm still very excited while hunting for songs.

A magic show and a concert are very similar in the way I like keeping things a mystery and not doing them the same way every time. The listener and the audience never know what's going to happen next.

The rule is to try and never play the same thing twice when you have the freedom to do that in the song.

My formula is not thinking about what I'm doing; it's about still having fun and making music. I don't go into the studio with a thought pattern or certain goals in mind - sometimes I'll start with drums, other times I'll start with the piano - but it's all done spontaneously, so nothing is premeditated, and nothing takes a long time.

I just keep recording. You never know what you'll come up with.

Nothing competes with the buzz of making your own record.

When you're doing an album, you need to come up with something new, be creative.