Nate Powell Quotes

Every now and then, as a composer and producer, it's important to write music for yourself.

I didn't really even think of recording under my own name for a long time. I thought, 'I've got the rest of my life to do that.'

I think that anyone who is in any way creative or is creating something, whether an architect or fashion designer, I think if you have the opportunity to create something that is fully you, it frees your mind and your spirit and gives you the opportunity to really find yourself.

Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow… The kick of creation is the act of creating, not anything that happens afterward

I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to.

It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.

I really don't think of my work in terms of a genre. I think of it in terms of what I want to say, what I think is cool, and what I'm good at.

I don't want to use my creative energy on somebody else's user interface.

Some stuff I don't even put out. I'll just be home, happy, creating something for myself, and then ball it up and throw it in the trash. It's less about trying to prove something or get on somebody's list or make a fan happy or make a hater mad or convert a non-believer. That's not the case for me anymore.

I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work.

When you have somebody writing or acting for you, you have to be free to have them hate you so you can get your ideas across without worrying.

When anyone starts out to do something creative - especially if it seems a little unusual - they seek approval, often from those least inclined to give it. But a creative life cannot be sustained by approval, any more than it can be destroyed by criticism - you learn this as you go on.

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.

I don't necessarily love all the collaborations that I've done; the more I work with other people, the more I realize that I want to work with myself.

To a certain extent, just like my children, I nurture my writing until the point when it has to get out and face the outside world, where it takes on a life of its own. That is a purpose of any artist and their art.

My art and my creativities were totally something that was of my own heart and mind. I could never let anybody dictate to me what I should write and how I would write it.

When I was going to school and under the influence of Abstract Expressionism, I believed that if you had a give-and-take rapport with your work that it would be you, and that would be all that was required. It would be honest, and the core of your personality would come out if you responded to position and contrasts in your work.

For me, working on original material is very important.

My artistic manifesto exists in the world as poetry. So even though most of the things that I've done have been on other people's projects or could be pigeonholed in certain ways, that's not how I perceive myself.

The critics are not writers - they're not a part of the creative process; therefore, they should not influence how I go about doing my next bit of work.

The only place where any artist feels liberated is doing independent music. I have had great experience making music for The Dewarists and Coke Studio. No actor, producer or label is telling me what to do with my music. I'm the boss. It is my life, my expression.

I want to be as creative as I want. I don't ever want to have to compromise; I don't ever want anybody ever to tell me what to do, I don't ever want to argue with somebody because of my vision.

I consider myself first of all an artist. My work is about my creativity - why I create and not for whom.

I am not really interested in only showcasing my life or work but plan to produce, write and create work that is solely my vision.

I want to be my own artist and reflect my creativity.. I don't want to be turned into a pop princess; that's not who I am.