Quotes On Creativity

I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.

I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.

I think I fell in love with words before I fell in love with music.

I have this formula for music. If I continue to write songs about my life, and my life is always changing, then my music will always be changing.

Getting a great idea with songwriting is a lot like love. You don't know why this one is different, but it is. You don't know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can't stop thinking about it.

Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it.

Every one of my regrets has produced a song I'm proud of.

Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.

A lot of the best things I ever did creatively were things that I had to really fight - and I mean aggressively fight - to have happen.

A letdown is worth a few songs. A heartbreak is worth a few albums.

You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway

Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.