Tim Commerford Quotes

I thank the Creator of the universe to have discovered the discipline of music was the greatest gift that I could have been given, the possibility to be a student working in the world.

I just want to make music as long as I can and reach as many people as I can.

I'd always been on the giving end of music and creating.

I just want to make the best music I can make.

I'm not losing the wonder in playing music.

I'm so grateful to be able to do music.

All I've been trying to do all my life is to make great music.

I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.

I grew up seeing my parents perform and sing, and I just always wanted to be singing, too. Music has always been my deepest passion and what I felt most connected to.

Everyone who makes music is a good collaborator at their foundation because in order to make music, you have to connect to it in a way that other people can't.

I've always made music - pretty much since I was born.

I wrote my first song at 6. I spent every day with the guitar, and I just made up songs.

And there's a feeling you get from making music that is unlike anything else in the world.

I think that listening to music or creating music is a spiritual undertaking, so the process of creating music, you know, involves listening. It involves sensitivity, it involves humility, you know, and then also it's something which is higher than words.

It's funny, because music is one of those things it is natural to go into. You hear it so much growing up, it kind of permeates you and eventually you spew out some music of your own.

With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I felt that I proved myself with the first album, and with this new album, I just want to share some of my music. And that was always my feeling and my intention.

The creative part for me is making songs, and that's what I really love the most, and that's what I've always done for every band I've ever had.

I'd like to make music for as long as I can; it feels like something I need to do.

One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.

I don't live for the accolades. I'm more so about the music. Making it, and putting it out. Those are the two best feelings.

I just can't wait to continue creating music.

Soccer presented no challenge to me. Playing felt like breathing: I always had a magical connection to the ball. But it didn't feel like an adventure. Music was more of a challenge and, in the end, felt more interesting.

I feel very lucky, and the work that I do doesn't depend on much. If your vision's still good, and your hands - I have no arthritis in my hands, and I play the piano very easily - I don't think there's any reason to deprive oneself of the fun of working. Music is so rewarding.

I know nothing other than singing and I feel blessed.

I feel super, super grateful that I get to make music.