Richard Hyung-ki Joo Quotes

I tend to just do whatever I want on an album and try to make it work. I'm just adventurous. It's most exciting to be at the edge of your abilities. I want to see how far I can push things.

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

Every time I get in the studio, I feel like I wanna have some fun. My fun is not doing the easy work. My fun is doing what's me.

Sometimes you find your voice by trying to write like people, and sometimes you find it by trying to write unlike people.

What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

The best and the worst thing about fashion is that anyone can do it. But because fashion can be the most unintellectual thing, you have to turn it into an intellectual exercise just for your own sanity. You have to start with a conceit.

You need to get outside of your comfort zone to write songs that are interesting, songs that are compelling, songs that are different from what other people are writing.

I mean, there are only so many notes. What makes something original is how you put it together.

Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.

I think people need to see Prince live to really understand how remarkable he is. He has always been inspiring because he is never afraid to break rules or barriers or invent something new - and if you love fashion, then you need to be able to do that.

I got a chance to work with Miles Davis, and that changed everything for me, 'cause Miles really encouraged all his musicians to reach beyond what they know, go into unknown territory and explore. It's made a difference to me and the decisions that I've made over the years about how to approach a project in this music.

The worst thing you can do as an artist is to repeat yourself.

I'm definitely a risk-taker with my music.

I believe in creative work.

I just want to be able to be creative.

I think music needs danger; it needs risk.

The best thing for an actor is to try it his way. The way they do it may not work, but it may inspire me to try something else.

I think if you're everyone's cup of tea, that probably means you're a little bit boring, or you're not pushing yourself. Creativity happens where it's dangerous and scary: where you're not comfortable.

Often, the fact that I haven't done something as a writer is all the reason I need to try it.

I'm into creating something that I've never created before.

Creativity takes courage.

They sent me some tapes of the original Mole and I thought it was pretty intriguing. I'm sort of an experimenter; I thought it'd be interesting to play around and see what's there. It was fun. Turned out to be good.

If you are not breaking rules and you are not taking risks, you are not going to end up with movies where there is discovery... and, to me, that is the magic of going into the cinema.