One doesn't want to feel too contented; you have to feel challenged by the music.
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It's wonderful when music is intellectually stimulating. But ultimately it has to be a visceral experience.
I can't satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art form as much as it used to be.
I think that creative work, music in particular, is a conveyor of inner emotional life. I don't feel one way all the time, so I don't want my music to feel the same way all the time.
Sometimes you get so jaded, you don't have those initial connections and emotions with music, because you are promoting your own.
The point is to balance on the edge between musicality and content.
I guess, like, the whole thing with music is - you're a little bit in control but not fully in control. Which is kind of the fun of it.
I have an intense desire to constantly make music, and I don't feel that way about anything else.
I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music.
I have sometimes been told that my music is 'difficult' for the listener.
To enjoy my music, you need depth and emotionality.
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