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Thinking about what songs are coming next instead of just relaxing, breathing and playing from my heart. Sometimes it can get to be almost like the enemy.

— Rick Allen

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

If things aren't going well, music is what I turn to so I can get away from it, to take my mind somewhere else.

— Tom Scholz

My songs pretty much revolve in my brain most of the time - usually, whatever's coming next.

— Jeff Mangum

Good music just makes me happy and keeps me from getting distracted.

— Sloane Stephens

I always think I don't have any songs, I don't have anything I'm working on, and I get in the studio and realize there are 20 things I'm thinking about. It's just kind of second nature.

— Jeff Tweedy

When I'm not playing music, certainly the last thing I want to do is listen to music!

— Peter Hook

I'm just excited that I get to put out the music I love versus music just for the sake of it.

— Estelle

It's so funny because I listen to songs that I recorded that I didn't really know anything about at the time. Later on I'm starting to feel the songs. Sing them first, feel them later.

— Tanya Tucker

My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart.

— Vanessa Carlton

✗Opposing Perspectives

My main objective with every album is to capture a moment in time, which usually makes the whole process very relaxing. I only discover in retrospect when looking back at the songs how my life is going!

— Alanis Morissette

I listen to very little music, particularly contemporary. If I listen to it, it's going to be my own music, some arrangement or something. I spend so much time listening that the way I relax is by watching things, a comedy; that's my way to wind down.

— Kate Bush