I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has come to depend on my ability to surrender to the inspiration whenever it strikes. When I clear my mind and let the music take over, my hands seem to move on their own, and my voice utters words I haven't premeditated. This is pure instinct. It's like riding a wave. You just take a deep breath, hop on, and hang on as long as you can. That's basically how I songwrite when I'm composing impromptu pieces. It's a lot like channeling. Or free associating. And it's super fun, because anything can happen! It's pure creativity

I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side

I never feel age ... If you have creative work, you don't have age or time

America is successful because of the hard work and creativity and enterprise of our people

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destinThe way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveresy and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres

Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction

Nothing encourages creativity like the chance to fall flat on one's face

I'm a passionate believer in the inherent creativity possessed by all people and our inherent ability--if it's not clouded by convention--to appreciate authentic beauty in all forms, whether we like it or not

Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more human world