Rivers Cuomo Quotes

I feel fortunate about being able to make the music I want to make and getting away with it.

The studio is a time when you can do anything that you want to. You have that freedom.

If you look at somebody like Sam Bee, she got to create her own thing without any expectations that there was a show there. That was probably liberating for them.

That's the nice thing about songwriting: You don't have to punch a clock or be in a specific place to do it. There's really a lot of freedom to it.

... We have quite a large area, and that makes it more fun for us - certainly more satisfying, because it doesn't restrict us to one particular idea or one particular style. The result, I think, is pretty interesting ... we don't expect to make a fortune at it or ever be popular or famous or worshipped or hit The Ed Sullivan Show or the circuses or the big top. As long as we can play, we'll play, regardless of what it's for, who it's for or anything. It's fun for us - that's the important thing.

If you wanted to chart new territories and head off over the horizon, you had to make sure you weren't overly influenced by what others were doing ... so it didn't matter what other bands were doing ... we did what we were doing.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

I see myself as someone who makes things. Definitions have never done anything but constrain.

Nobody owns me or my music.

I'm not following anybody's tracks, I'm making my own baby.

Twyla Tharp is not going to take orders from anyone, not even Mozart!

I think it's like music for the sake of music, and a lot of the words stem from liking music a lot, wanting to be a good band and having a good sense of humour, and living in a situation where we're free to pretty much do what we want.

Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun.

And I found that when I built my own place and just shut the door, the creativity was endless.

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

Creative freedom is a huge carrot.

To me, music has to be about freedom. It's the most important thing in my life.

My music is like my freedom space.

We feel more and more intensely about the music we make. It's unexpected, and not always what you would think of in Beach House. It's all art in the end. We aren't making records because we have to; it's because it's what we want to express.

You know, painting has given me a lot of freedom, because for some reason, I've been able to paint things, organize things in a way that I see that don't have any buffers or compromises in them.

I think it's important to give young people the freedom to follow their ideas and pursue their interests.

Actors spend most of their time out of work, so I actually spend more time making furniture. The thing about furniture that's much better than acting is that it's just me. There's no director, no script - the concept is me, unless a client wants something.

I don't have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version.

Our work is a scream of freedom.

I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.