“People tend to believe that I want to make soul music, which is not entirely untrue but, really, I want to be like the black Tom Waits - I don't want to make one kind of sound.” PeopleWantBelieveKindSoulWaitingSoundBlackTomsUntrueMusic Soul Author:Willis Earl Beal
“I'd rather be somewhere building a house, if I knew how. The whole idea of being a professional artist is like a demeaning kind of thing.” IfsKindIdeasWholeArtistHouseBuildingDemeaning Author:Willis Earl Beal
“One of my struggles is that I'm a glutton. There's always those very simple, long, old-ass things, but they're very real to me, and I'm sitting in them, and they're swirling in my mind all the time. I tell people about it and they think, "Why don't you just go and make some money, go get a big-screen TV, or look at the Internet." Or they say, "Go create some introspective art." I just want to explode. I don't know how everybody else is able to walk around so calm. It's amazing to me when I see people walking so calmly down the street. I envy them, but I also kind of hate them.” PeopleThinkingMindKindLongArtRealHateSimpleStruggleInternetWalkingCalmEnvyIntrospectiveMy Struggle Author:Willis Earl Beal
“I don't think talent has anything to do with inspiration. Inspiration creates talent. People prioritize innate talent too much. It gives them license to walk around and act like assholes. I think I straddle a line between being innately talented and having had to put in some work. You ever go to a party where there are a lot of creative people and they feel like they have license to just act any kind of way? I'm not really a moral person myself, but they just tend to never ever be sincere because they believe their art or the fact that they are artists makes them holy in some way.” PeopleThinkingGivingBelieveKindArtInspirationArtistPartyMoralCreativeTalentHolySincereCreative PeoplePrioritize Author:Willis Earl Beal
