Sharon Jones Quotes

I decided to make music again at a time when I couldn't have had more obstacles.

A lot of artists think they want anger. But a real, strong, bitter anger occupies the mind, leaving no room for creativity.

I can only speak for myself - there were times when I just wasn't inspired by creating music.

Unless the guitar works as a color, then I don't use it, so I haven't been playing guitar too much lately.

Joining a band without ever having really met the people before, you just want to be musically powerful.

When I've produced a song, I try to record a vocal over it, and sometimes it becomes really hard. Sometimes I've already said a lot that I want to say within the production. The vocal is just adding to it, rather than it being a song.

You're in good spirits when you create and produce great music. All situations inspire music in different ways, man, from good situations, bad situations, depression, falling in love, falling out of love. I've been going through all those type of things.

My dad dying was actually a reason for me to stop music properly for about a year, because he was a big supporter. All I wanted to do was write a song about him and, you know, when something's too fresh, you can't quite word it.

The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.

I listen to music to when I'm feeling a certain way or to make myself feel a certain way. So why not make my own music inspired by true emotions?

I wasn't creative when I was depressed. When my depression got treated, I was creative again.

When I first started making music, it was where I went when I couldn't express myself, when I wasn't able to connect with other people, when I couldn't talk about what I was going through.

I learned that creativity is all about being frustrated.

I generally don't like to talk too much about the character unless I feel stuck or in some trouble.

Whenever I make music, it reflects where I'm at mentally.

I went through that stage of the Mumford & Sons and the Alanis Morissette vibe. I was in a dark place at the time.

The whole idea of doing an album is overwhelming sometimes. But, I get inspired when I get inspired and that's when it flows easily.

In the case of Roadcase Royale, everyone in the band has a lot to offer as a writer and producer.

I don't tend to write when I'm happy, which I think is pretty obvious.

If I'm extra happy or excited, it'll take me an hour or two to write a song. Or, if I'm really sad or something, it will take me about a day. But I have a specific way of writing: I just listen to the beat. I think about what I'm going to write over the beat.

I know I have trouble watching my own films.

When I became a songwriter, it was out of some sort of desperation. I needed to create something. I had to latch on to something, and the guitar was what I grabbed.

Making your own records is really satisfying in the sense that you more or less get to do what you want. It may not sell or whatever, but on an artistic level, the only people that you really have to fight with are the people in your own band.

As a songwriter, I've always loved to tell stories. But in my band, it was always about what would make sense for a band to put out.

A repressed person overcoming their repression always makes good music.