Porter Robinson Quotes

I get ideas from everywhere: movies, books, movies, nature - it comes into my brain, it sits there for a while, and it starts coming back out.

But I did that, and I created another blues scene, another something I can sing about.

When we make records, it's hard to pinpoint one thing that inspires a record. It's usually a number of different things that lead to inspiration or wanting to write something down and share it with someone.

There's an element to songwriting that I can't explain, that comes from somewhere else. I can't explain that dividing line between nothing and something that happens within a song, where you have absolutely nothing, and then suddenly you have something. It's like the origin of the universe.

I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.

The album requires a certain focus of mine that I can't really explain - let's just say it's all I can really do while I'm doing it.

I do a lot of co-writing with my producer RedOne, and then a lot on my own. I just like to be creative.

Music has to be written while people are still excited about a particular melodic or rhythmic sequence. The idea doesn't come out the same if we're not really excited about it.

You don't actually have ideas; ideas have you.

You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing.

The music itself is very challenging, so I've never really felt the lack of stimulation. I love to be creating; I love to be making things and solving problems, I suppose, and when I'm not, then I'm not an incredibly good person to be around. If I'm not busy, then I think I would be disaster. That's just the way things are.

I'm never happier than when I'm being creative, whether that's with Coldplay or other artists. I just love being in the studio.

The day I run out of ideas is the day I stop making records.

Little moments of excitement shape the sound of a record. You don't have anything, and then you start to have little parts that give you the energy to move forward because you start to see something.

I've got to be honest: I don't listen to any music now. I don't even listen to mine! I like to walk fresh into the studio and have ideas that come straight out of me.

As a composer, I know that all sorts of sounds I hear are making their way into my brain and soul and later sneak into my music.

My best songs come from a place outside myself.

I make notes about things I see in films that really affect me, like the ending of 'Jules and Jim.' I think about how I can utilize things in my work. And I have a team of people who keep me down to earth.

Great songs come out of people's bedrooms; they come out of studios; there's no formula for it.

I'm not the sort of chap who can sit down and write music. When it comes, I'm happy.

To be here drinking a Coke can influence the process of musical creation as much as anything.

Anything with music, you got to have inspiration. You got to have inspiration to do good music.

I have only so many songs to choose from when I'm deciding on the album. So I learned that I'm a little slow as far as dishing out music, but I learned to be patient with myself and not rush anything.

As soon as my brain starts working on reading a book, my dreams get a little more exciting, and music comes a little more naturally for me.

When I work with Future, it's almost like a work of art.