Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I’m constantly in doubt about what I’m doing, I’m constantly tortured, and that’s why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yuppies. I’m not striving for happiness, I’m trying to get some work done. And sometimes the best work is done under doubt. Constant rethinking, and reevaluating what you’re doing, working and working until you feel it’s finished. And that’s an interesting point too, that you’ve got to know when to stop. Sometimes there’s a magical moment when everything comes together.

John Zorn's Popular Quotes

We're not on the outside looking in, we're on the outside looking out.

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I don't ascribe to the idea of the ivory tower composer who sits alone in a room composing his masterpieces and then comes down from Mount Sinai with…

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I’m constantly in doubt about what I’m doing, I’m constantly tortured, and that’s why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yu…

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If you can make art with sound, can't you make music with objects?

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One thing that I do ask myself when I'm in the creative process is, 'Does the world need this?'

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I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages.

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People are great. But there's people who you get together with and you talk and you go away feeling energized, you feel inspired. And then there's pe…

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Music is about people for me. It's not about sounds. It's about people; it's about putting people into challenging situations. And for me, challenges…

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I run around, I listen to a lot of music, go to a lot of concerts. And when I see someone that gases me, I try to go out of my way to involve them so…

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