A tour is the most intense, stimulating way to hear music; it's the best form to receive it. There's genuine excitement from people. I feel like we've stepped up a level.
It's gratifying to hear something familiar and challenging at the same time.
The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.
I like giving the audience a lot of stuff to look at, and rewards for repeated viewings and paying attention.
Quite often, I have to work hard to improve my technical capacity, if you will, before the demands of a new work come within reach. And I find that very stimulating.
The time I have already spent at Harvard has been a stimulating experience, and I look forward to developing my relationship and activities with the students, faculty and friends of the Harvard Business School community.
I just felt that I might to go to university and get some real life. It wasn't stimulating in the same way. I loved being at Bristol, but I missed the thrill of being on set.
To put it simply, I'm not interested in making comfortable films, and I don't want to crush the audience's imagination. I want them to feel like they might have missed something.
Effective learning means arriving at new power, and the consciousness of new power is one of the most stimulating things in life.
I like the challenge. I like a good, meaty experience for me.
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It's therapy.
I always want to be somewhat uncomfortable. But at the same time I want to make music that you react to viscerally.
Open your eyes, I've got a big surprise, it will feel alright, I want to make your motor run.
Chinese food tries to engage the mind, not just the palate. To provoke the intellect.
Music and space collide for me, as I find them incredibly stimulating.
I think there is a hunger for things that wake you up, something that makes you peel back your eyes, that reminds you that you are alive. Art is at its best when it is in the 'now.'
Anytime I get the chance to sing or work with Michael John, it is such an incredibly fertile and incredibly creative and safe and encouraging environment - and challenging, too, because he is so collaborative!
I think they will feel refreshed because I cater to a mature audience.
Audiences want to feel something intense, quickly, without wasting a lot of time.
Our shows are just like that. The screaming is constant, nonstop, and there's not one minute of silence during the show. It's pretty intense.