“I write songs for myself, songs come out of me, I get enjoyment out of it. Basically, that's it - I get enjoyment out of my songs, I know they're good songs, and know that the people around me who I respect are all getting up on these tunes, and the feedback is really good, so that's it. There are people who will receive them, and don't receive them. Not in a spiritual sense, but in a commercial sense - do these songs treat people, and so far they're working.” PeopleKnowsWritingSpiritualSongTreatsEnjoymentTunesFeedback Author:Creed Bratton
“What does a painter do? You get a painting, you put some intent and passion and emotion into these things, and hope the people will receive it. Same as a playwright. It's art.” PeopleDoeArtPassionEmotionPaintingPainterPlaywright Author:Creed Bratton
“I'm not one of these people who sits down and writes to say I'm gonna write a song about this or that, or a specific subject. The songs actually kind of write themselves.” PeopleWritingKindSongSubjectsDown And Author:Creed Bratton
“I never took drug to escape. I know some people take drugs to escape, but I took drugs because I was an experimenter. And an artist. And I was always trying to go to the other side of that veil and get information, like all writers have done through the millennia. To get some insights on how the whole thing works, if there's any way to know how it works, and write about it.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWritingTryingDoneWholeArtistSidesKnow HowInformationDrugInsightVeilsAlways Trying Author:Creed Bratton
“When I first went on [Facebook], I found there were five or six Creed Bratton sites. It was all over the place. I had to compete with other people saying they were me. It was nuts, so this is nice that people know that if they're gonna send something to me, I'm gonna be with my weird little mind looking at what they have to say. And what they're seeing is actually me.” PeopleIfsKnowsMindFirstsLittlesFoundFiveNiceSeeingSixNutsCreedsSiteLittle Minds Author:Creed Bratton
“I do love to walk around in New York because people will notice me, smile, but they never bother anyone. New Yorkers are very cool. I love New York.” PeopleWalksNew YorkBotherNew YorkersVery CoolI Love New YorkNotice Me Author:Creed Bratton
“There's not that many people from the sixties who have progressed as writers and are continuing on. They're out there. But I'm one of them who's just continued on, following his own little inner madness.” PeopleLittlesMadnessFollowingSixtyContinuingContinuing On Author:Creed Bratton
