Creative Calm Quotes

What excites me is the idea of doing a record that's pretty clean and focused on songs. I've rushed a lot with previous albums and there's not a rush now - it's not a race.

Poetry comes fine-spun from a mind at peace.

I'm nervous, but once I get a guitar on and start a song, after the first few seconds, I can feel it ease. I don't have to worry about anything other than the music.

The whole culture is telling you to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time. Always listen to the art.

When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or what's going on in the plot, I go back and I read Pablo Neruda's poetry. I don't actually speak Spanish, so I read it translation. But I always go back to Neruda. I don't know why, but it calms me, calms my brain.

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

Writing, to be memorable, must be done in a state of impassioned serenity.