To be honest, the biggest reason I write music and became a musician was to create the amount of joy that I felt about music to anyone else. To me, that's a job well done.
Interpretation
The quote expresses the desire to share the joy of music with others through songwriting and performance.
Hozier emphasizes that his motivation for creating music stems from the immense joy he experiences when engaging with it. His ultimate goal is to evoke similar feelings of happiness and connection in others, indicating that his success as a musician is measured by the happiness he can bring to his audience through his art.
In practice
During an interview about his creative process, Hozier can be quoted to illustrate his passion for music.
Sexuality, and sexual orientation - regardless of orientation - is just natural. An act of sex is one of the most human things. But an organization like the church, say, through its doctrine, would undermine humanity by successfully teaching shame about sexual orientation - that it is sinful, or that it offends God. The song is about asserting yourself and reclaiming your humanity through an act of love.
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The arts can enrich all of us in this nation as individuals. The arts can enrich all of our communities and the country. And the arts can connect us to each other like nothing else can.
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