Creativity Quotes

"And going into my studio at night, particularly at night when everybody's asleep, is just a total pleasure for me."

"I don't compose, actually. I just record. I'm the opposite of a composer in my way of working. I'm more instinctive."

"Each fight I try to be different."

"It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?"

"I like to sing covers of songs that are at the extreme ends from what I usually listen to."

"I feel like I pull inspiration, in general, from how I feel on a day."

"There's no record that you done heard me produce that I spent more than ten minutes on."

"If I'm spending more than 15 minutes on a beat, I'm not feeling it."

"I'm the type of guy, I make a lot of different beats, but sometimes I might stick to a sound for a little while."

"Pieces of my life, no matter how scattered, are being stitched together and reflect in my work."

"I really like the collaboration of doing movies and television. But I like the sort of solitary work of doing music."

"Shakespeare showed me that once I understand the rules, I can break them."

"I feel like most creative people are total freaks."

"You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow."

"I want anything I produce to be good for people kind enough to try it, but it's the momentum and process I enjoy most."

"I wish I could do 50 projects a year."

"I think I just have a natural operatic aesthetic. I can't help it."

"I definitely don't sit down every day and make a new song."

"I'm obsessed with media and the way audiences can become creative participants."

"I want to mix fresh and old-school ideas to create something Indian at heart but of an international standard."

“I'm bursting with ideas.”

“I love the whole process for each new album. The writing, the touring, everything. For me, it never gets old.”

“The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.”

“It's always been a conscious thing for us to do whatever will separate us from the pack and make us happy musically.”

“I wanna keep people on their toes, and that's just kind of how we've always operated.”