Ted Dwane Quotes

I want to do everything I can possibly do to step outside the box.

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

What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.

I always want to do - take everything and take it to the next step. I don't want to just keep doing something the same ol' thing. Obviously, I could have wrote 'Mother' 20 times and made tons of money and be playing gigantic arenas and whatever, but that's not really what I want to do.

Obviously, I never want to make the same record twice. I want to keep moving forward. That's the real challenge, I think.

Most filmmakers give me the reference of my own songs; doing the same thing over and over again doesn't push you to do better.

I like to go against the grain, against what's out there. Every day is like a challenge.

I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc.

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

Our biggest goal is to continue to force ourselves to always start our creative work on a white page and not take advantage of past successes and challenging ourselves.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

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

Since I was in my early twenties, at ABC, I was always only interested in things that were not already being done.

I've always been interested in people who think out of their time, and I have this passion, actually, for science. I'm just so enormously interested in how, when you think of these revolutionary ideas, other people get threatened, especially if you are different.

I think you're always trying to challenge yourself to do new things and not repeat yourself.

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

Don't listen to the prevailing majority points of view. If you have new ideas, push them.

There's real peril in trying to repeat yourself, and apply rules that applied to something else to a new project.

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

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.

Don't hold back in your writing. Take risks. Go ahead and tackle that crazy idea that you think will never fly, because that may be the one that makes you stand out from the crowd. Keep pushing the envelope.

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

How to teach people to do what hasn't been done is a great riddle.

If you're not doing something different, you're not doing anything.

I prefer to break new ground, but it gets harder and harder with the territory that's already been walked on.