Eric Idle Quotes

I won't work on anyone's else's script. I won't write for anyone else. I write my own stuff and make that when the time is right.

I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.

Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.

I've gotten to a point where I wouldn't direct someone else's material. It would only be something totally original.

The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.

I need to find a way of retaining creative control.

I do love being solo because I can have more of my own creative input to every aspect of my career.

I don't much like being directed. I enjoy being allowed to play.

If you consider the definition of authenticity, it's saying something and actually doing it. I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.

Stand up for yourself and fight for your right to be the artist that you want to be. There's plenty of pressure from outside; people tell you how to dress and how to sing or what to sing, but I always felt like if I'm going to fail or succeed, I want to do it on my own terms.

You make you work for yourself. It's the feeling of, 'If nobody ever saw it, that'd be fine, too.'

I've been wanting to produce for some time because I want to have more creative control over the things that I do and not be victim to the whims of other people's desires.

I would never tell someone else how to use their platform, because I think I'm much more comfortable allowing the work that I do to speak for itself.

When I was doing something on someone else's dime, I was inclined to try to anticipate what they wanted. I knew that wasn't what an artist was supposed to do. In funding my own music, I found my voice.

I've avoided situations where I wouldn't have creative freedom.

I feel so lucky and so privileged that I like writing for myself. Like, I don't have to wait for somebody to create a part for me or a project for me. I can just do it. And that's so great.

As an independent artist, you control the means of production, which is the ultimate form of empowerment.

We got full artistic integrity and autonomy over what we were doing, and that was the main important thing that kept our band alive.

I ain't on no major. Everything independent. Either way it goes, I am doing me, and I am doing Freddie Gibbs.

We are so grateful we are given the chance and the freedom to do what we want, what we want to create, what's on our mind, and that's honestly what we asked for in the beginning of our career.

My music has always been my solo project.

I don't care what the public wants, I'm going to give it what it needs!

And I love doing my own projects; that's what I've always wanted to do.