Anna Netrebko Quotes

You have to always work against what you did before, and even against your taste.

You're always in a different headspace when you make each record, so hopefully they're all different. You just pick up things that you wish you hadn't done on the first one.

I'm always trying to do stuff I haven't done before or challenge myself so I'm not resting on my laurels all of the time because if I just found my little niche and never left it, I'd be pretty boring, I think.

I'm really anxious not to repeat what I've done before, to keep pushing and learning.

For me, I just like new challenges.

I want to experiment; I want to keep growing. I didn't want to just sit back and rest on my haunches and do the things I knew I could do for a while.

To keep the edge, you just keep doing something new. I'm not gonna say that working is easy, but while I'm doing it, I'm just a happy little moron - that's how my girlfriend describes me. The fact that nothing might happen with those things is not the point. The point is, I'm doing new things, and I have a good feeling in my soul.

I always wanted to be that guy who pushed the envelope in all kind of ways and tried something new. When I keep that rule going, it always takes me to a new place. There are times when I fail miserably, but I always find myself knowing one more thing better, doing one more thing that I never did before.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

If you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything very innovative.

When you are pushing yourself to not go back to the same well, you're gonna come up with something different, or you'll find songs that are different.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

I always do something that I've never done before.

There's no point stepping up to the golden platform if you're going to repeat yourself.

I think you need to do something new to keep reinventing yourself.

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold.

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

I'm always driven to keep doing something different and better.

Sometimes I feel an obligation to be accessible as a personality, but for me the driving force since the beginning has always been good work, taking risks, trying new things. If the door opens, go through it. Always go forwards.

Well, I like to be kept on my toes. I look for a challenge. I don't like to recreate steps that I've already walked. I like to see if I can create something new.

You have to keep challenging yourself. I've always tried to do that, and I'm not saying I've always been successful. Maybe I've rewritten the same song; it's inevitable, but I've always been mindful of taking the writing somewhere else. You can't stick in your little comfort zone.

I always want to keep challenging myself to do something that I don't even have the foresight to know what it's going to be.

Part of the beauty of Silicon Valley is that people generally encourage you to think crazy. It's the hypothesis that there's nothing sacred that can't be changed.

Miles Davis would have this lineup of all these amazing musicians and one day would just say, 'We're done.' After tons of great records and tickets sold, he said, 'Now I'm going to grow my hair out and play my horn through a wah-wah pedal.' Rather than play it safe, he went on.