I try to make the kinds of things I want to see out there in the world, and hope they end up resonating with other people too.
Music can be a source of escapism.
Music is my religion.
Without music, life would be a mistake.
When movement isn't enough, you dance, or when speaking isn't enough, you sing. When it's organic, and it's earned like that in a musical, that's when it works, and then there's nothing like it because it's this thing that takes you to a whole 'nother level, you know?
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
There was the usual dreaminess, I suppose. Also a shyness that caused me - and others - to notice that I could express myself better by writing than by speaking. This is typical of many writers, I think. What is a drawback in childhood is an asset to a literary life. Not being fluent on one’s feet sends one to the page and a habit is born.
I've never been a very prolific person, so when creativity flows, it flows. I find myself scribbling on little notepads and pieces of loose paper, which results in a very small portion of my writings to ever show up in true form.
There's a joy I think people feel from... my performance.
When one has no particular talent for anything, one takes to the pen.
When words leave off, music begins.
Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.
I love to cook, and I've just gotten more and more into it over the years, just because it's the best way to stay creative.
Nobody knows I sing. Even though I've done Broadway musicals. I would only pick it over acting because it's such a pure form of emotional expression.
I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.
Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.
Singing is a way of releasing an emotion that you sometimes can't portray when you're acting.
I don't have that drive to be in this field, climbing up, doing bit parts in movies to make a big movie. But I'm lucky I get to also do acting - it's fun. I should probably just take an acting class on the weekends - that would be enough for me.
I started drawing at a very young age. Writing a story wasn't satisfying, but to actually draw our own world - it's like controlling your own dreams.
I'm a musical theater guy. That's where I came from. That's where I go whenever I have the chance. It's my first love.
I gave up language for a while, and I started painting.And then I only listened to Miles Davis and other instrumental music to see how it felt to be without words.
I wasn't thriving socially, so I stayed in my room and played guitar all the time.
For me, music is for the soul - no matter whether the song is composed by me or by someone else.
My dad is a civil engineer, and my mom is a stay-at-home mom. The fact that my parents weren't really involved in music was kind of good, because it meant that I had something that was private and personal.
Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.
