It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
It’s hard enough to make a good song and a good recording of that song. But to try to tailor it to some outside force is just like – It’s never been a factor in what I’ve done or what the band’s done.
Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the way.
Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear.
If you feel driven and compelled to make your work and to be fiercely original and have something unique to say, in a compelling way, then chances are the helpers will be there for you the doors will open some, the ice will crack.
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