It's so funny when you're actually directing because things start popping that you don't expect to pop, and something that you think is going to pop, maybe doesn't quite have the impetus that you thought it might.
Breakthroughs, in art, in culture, in personality, come when tackling the unexpected.
I play like I always used to, with no agenda. And, every once in a while, I will play something I really hadn't thought about or even intended to play. And I'll go, 'Whoa! What was that?'
It's never like, 'Now I'm going to sit down and write this or that kind of song.' The melodies may show up in the car, in the shower.
You can find inspiration when you're not even looking for it.
I never know what's going to move me. I'm always surprised. And it's always a mystery to the people who work with me.
Inspiration quite frequently arrives as a surprise. The key is being open to it.
Don't let your imagination take you by surprise.
You never know when you'll come upon something and it's going to be fodder for new material.
