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An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.

Being scared is really a good thing. It's being scared of being scared that's bad. Being scared of walking through your fear, going to a place of true creativity - that's what an artist is, that's what he does. If you do that, then being inspired by your contemporaries or people from the past is really great.

Fear is a problem with film music and films; people want to be conventional, and there's more commercialism today. If you are not daring in your art, you're bankrupt.

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

The only thing an artist has to remember is to never lose faith in his vision.

I just feel like we as a human race tend to fear that which we don't understand. It's cause for a lot of bad things and bad behavior to exist on the planet. Artists have a way of touching people and changing minds in a way that sometimes other mediums don't.

I have never been able to understand the artist whose image never changes.

You have to be willing to be afraid if you're going to be an artist.