“Every interview is as much an impression of the journalist as it is the artist or subject. You look at interviews and you see a portrait of two people. The worst thing that can happen is if you're misquoted and then that quote is misquoted. That does drive one crazy. The most embarrassing thing is when your words are misrepresented or sometimes you say something stupid and you live to regret it.” PeopleIfsLooksDoeTwoSometimesHappensArtistCrazyWorstSubjectsStupidRegretImpressionJournalistInterviewsPortraitsWorst ThingsEmbarrassing Author:Antony Hegarty
“I think what really separates artists from the rest of the world is that artists feel like they have permission to keep exploring and expressing their process. Most people censor that because they don't think it's good enough. Everything is measured against this patriarchal hierarchy of value, as if one person's singing voice is more important than another's.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldFeelsPersonsImportantEnoughArtistValuesProcessVoiceSingingGood EnoughPermissionExploringHierarchy Author:Antony Hegarty
“You need to release yourself of any expectation of what that material should be. Just start letting it be what it's naturally evolving into, even if it means just pulling words out of the dictionary and laying them one after another. Words are everywhere.” IfsNeedsShouldMeanMaterialsExpectationsReleaseEvolvePullingDictionary Author:Antony Hegarty
“I just feel like [creativity] is a reflection of the world around me and I don't think you can divorce yourself from that. So I don't really think in terms of, 'Do you still have it?' Even if I was doing something new, I think I would be engaged in the same process.” IfsThinkingWorldFeelsStillsWould BeProcessTermCreativityReflectionDivorceEngagedSomething New Author:Antony Hegarty
“I see everything as creative material. If I pick up a shell of a song that I wrote 10 years ago, all that matters is the reality of that material as it's living today.” IfsYearsMatterRealityTodaySongCreativeMaterialsPicksYears AgoShells Author:Antony Hegarty
