The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the natural flow of creativity and the importance of being open to inspiration.
Xavier Rudd expresses the idea that true artistic creation is an organic process, where music is not forced but rather allowed to emerge freely. He highlights the significance of holding space for creativity without the constraint of predetermined purposes, and he takes pride in using his music as a vehicle for change and conveying messages he believes in deeply.
In practice
In a speech about creativity, you could use this quote to illustrate the beauty of letting art flow naturally.
You know what I do? I listen to other people, stumbling about with their half thoughts and half sentences and their clumsy feelings that they can't express, and it hurts me. So I go home and burnish it and polish it and weld it to a rhythmic frame, make the dull colors gleam, mute the garish artificiality to pastels, so it doesn't hurt any more: that's my poem. I know what they want to say, and I say it for them.
I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them.
I can write a poem in 10 minutes. I like writing songs; I can write songs in 5 or 10 minutes. My concentration seems very short.
Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation.
I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.
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