Ashwin Sanghi Quotes

I've always been the person who has needed a creative outlet.

I have creative energy in me that needs to come out one way or another, but that's where Revamp comes in.

I think there's a deep impulse in most humans to do creative stuff, whether that's music or art, photography or writing. Most people at some point in their life say they want to do something creative - they want to be an actor, a director, a writer, a poet, a painter or whatever.

I have to have some kind of creative outlet; otherwise, I'm hell to be around.

My general advice for writers/comedians is, make stuff you like and are proud of. Put it in a place where people can see it, whether that's onstage or on the Internet or wherever. Just do the things that make you happy creatively, and then show them to people.

It is essential for artistes to have that release of creativity, almost as necessary as eating food or drinking water.

Composing is an emotional thing.

Music was something I had put aside to make movies. Somehow I earlier felt there was only so much creative energy allotted to your life and only that much time to pursue your creativity. But I was wrong.

Every day I paint, and every day I compose music.

Most artists - painters or writers - I think create out of stress or negative situations. Look at rock music. It's about getting things off of your chest, and it's a means of venting in many ways. That's what my work is about.

Writing was always a release for me, a great joy. It wasn't work.

If your child has something creative they really want to do, it's up to you, their parent, to help make that happen.

Creativity, for a lot of young people, is a coping mechanism. It's the only place they feel comfortable. It's the only time they feel like they're being heard or can make a difference, is if they can go into a room and do a drawing or go to a garage and play a song or retreat to this world.

I definitely think that using that artistic side of your brain, just having an outlet for emotion is very important, whether it be painting, dancing, acting, or singing.

I would do a sort of violence to myself if I didn't express myself in the directly creative ways of writing, both words and music.

When you're young and creative, you don't know how to channel all that creative energy, so sometimes it goes to the wrong places.

I make music... and it helps me figure out life.

I feel that if you are a creative person, you choose various mediums to give vent to your ideas.

Whatever I ended up picking or choosing was always going to be a creative outlet for me.

I express myself through song when I can't let people in on my thoughts otherwise. I need the creative process.

I was being very bad because I didn't know how to express myself. Music gave me an outlet to express myself and channel that anger.

What is important is satiating my creativity as an artiste.

I have this TV pilot I was writing for and a couple of films. It's just a different way to express myself.

I know how difficult it is to make a career in the arts, but even if you don't make a career of it, don't lose it as a hobby. Artists often end up in jobs that have nothing to do with their art. But that side needs to be fulfilled - don't give it up.

I try to work every day because you have no refuge but writing. When you're going through a period of unhappiness, a broken love affair, the death of someone you love, or some other disorder in your life, then you have no refuge but writing.