“To create something from nothing is one of the greatest feelings, I wish it upon everybody. It’s heaven.” - Prince

“In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss.” - Joni Mitchell

"It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live" -Nina Simone

“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are.” - Kurt Cobain

"It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning." - Elliott Smith

"Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am." - Gil Scott Heron

"I feel that music on the screen can seek out and intensify the inner thoughts of the characters." - Bernard Herrmann

“With my music, I create change…I am using my music as a weapon." - Fela Kuti

“An artist, if he is truly an artist, is only interested in one thing and that is to wake up the minds of men, to have mankind and womankind realise that there is something greater than what we see on the surface.” - Marvin Gaye

"No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music." - Billie Holiday

"Music Needs Time to Breathe." - Ennio Morricone

“Nature has always been important to me. It has always been in my music.” - Bjork

Selected Inspirations