“John Coltrane is still probably one of the greatest musicians of this century. His tone truly puts demons on a leash. His gift is directly from the mind of God and is very powerful. ..... The first time I heard a Love Supreme, it was really an assault. It could've been from mars as far as i was concerned, or another galaxy. I remember the album cover and the name, but the music didn't fit into the patterns of my brain at that point. It was like someone trying to tell a monkey about spirituality or computers, you know, it just didn't compute.” KnowsTryingMindFirstsStillsRememberSpiritualityNamesPowerfulBrainHeardCenturyFitComputerMusicianFirst TimeConcernedPatternsAlbumsSupremeToneDemonMarsMonkeysAssaultGalaxyVery PowerfulLeashesColtraneAlbum CoversGreatest Musician Author:Carlos Santana
“I'm trying to avoid any more asshole roles, at least for a little bit. The main criteria for me when choosing a project is a good director. I just want to work with these guys that I admire because I do want to direct my own films one day, and I want to pick their brains to see what their process is like, and see what I can take from that.” WantTryingLittlesI CanFilmGuyBitsProcessMy OwnBrainRolesOne DayDirectorsProjectsLittle BitPicksDirectAdmireCriteriaGood Directors Author:Dave Franco
“I try to make music that's really real. I've always liked music that makes me feel something. I'm not a brain first, music second person.” FeelsTryingFirstsPersonsRealBrain Author:Brother Ali
“I'm super hard on myself anytime I think of an idea for a collaboration. I will rack my brain trying to think of one. I wait for the right person. It stresses me to think that I'd do a collaboration with someone and not make it the best possible opportunity.” ThinkingTryingPersonsIdeasHardOpportunityWaitingBrainStressCollaborationRight PersonRacks Author:Lilly Singh
“The one thread that was most surprising and most consistent was the lack of fear that people felt at the worst moment. They felt a lot of fear in early stages, when they're just realizing what's happening. But then things really seemed to be at their peak of terror, the fear went away. You can imagine why that's useful. At that moment your brain needs to focus all its attention on surviving, so people will feel a sense of calm as their brain tries to sort out a plan.” PeopleNeedsFeelsTryingMomentsFeltRealizingAttentionBrainFocusImaginePlansWorstStageHappeningsCalmTerrorConsistentThat MomentSurprisingThreadSurvivingWorst Moments Author:Amanda Ripley
“I continue to do my job as a brain surgeon, as a researcher, and I try to make it better and better every day, not only for my patients but for their families, for my family and for the future generations of our country.” TryingCountryJobsBrainGenerationsMy FamilyPatientOur CountryFuture GenerationSurgeonsResearchersBrain Surgeons Author:Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
“If I dont get enough sleep, my brain gets fatigued, and the voice suffers. If Im doing some retail work and trying to read and record legal copy, I start sounding like I had a few too many the night before.” IfsTryingEnoughNightSufferingVoiceSleepBrainRecordsCopiesRetailEnough Sleep Author:Roger Craig Smith
“We live in a world that is dominated by science. And that's not a bad thing - not at all. But one of the problems with the scientific worldview is that it leads human beings to have an overwhelmingly theoretical relationship to the world. For example, I no longer accept my being in the world practically and then try to describe that or elucidate that; rather, I see the world theoretically as colors and objects and representations which are fed through my retina into the brain.” WorldTryingHumansProblemHuman BeingsBrainAcceptingExampleObjectsColorFedsBad ThingsRepresentationTheoreticalWorldview Author:Simon Critchley
“Man's brain, enlarged fortuitously, invented words in an ambitious attempt to learn how to think, only to have them usurped by his emotions. But we still try.” ThinkingMenTryingStillsEmotionBrainAmbitious Author:Rex Stout
“I spend several years trying to get inside the brain and heart of my subjects, listening to the interior monologues in their letters, and when I have to bridge the chasms between the factual evidence, I try to make an intuitive leap through the eyes and motivation of the person I'm writing about.” WritingTryingYearsHeartPersonsEyeMotivationBrainSubjectsListeningEvidenceLettersBridgesLeapInteriorsIntuitiveThrough The EyesFactualMonologuesChasmsHeart And Brain Author:Irving Stone
“Writing is a totally different brain than directing, at least for me. With writing, you're trying your best to foresee all the problems before they happen. It's more architectural in a weird way.” WayWritingTryingDifferentProblemHappensBrainTry Your Best Author:Craig Zobel
“Misinterpretation leads me to inspiration and creativity because I think my brain is trying to figure out some information that I'm confused about.” ThinkingTryingInspirationBrainCreativityFiguresInformationConfusedLeading MeInspiration And CreativityMisinterpretationI'm Confused Author:Michel Gondry
“Man is still at the learning stage, and mankind is so arrogant to think that he's the highest form of evolution on earth. There's so much of the brain that we still don't use, and that's all I ever try to do - go to the next level” ThinkingMenTryingStillsUseEarthFormNextLevelsBrainMankindStageEvolutionHighestArrogantNext Level Author:Marilyn Manson
“There is a whole separate filmmaking team that's doing it, but that's part of what's great about the Brain Trust and about the inspiring leadership of John Lasseter. He leaves it up to that creative group of individuals to help each other elevate each thing that they're working on to only try to make it better and to share what you've learned on the first one.” TryingFirstsWholeHelpingIndividualBrainCreativeGroupsTeamShareFilmmakingHelping Each Other Author:Klay Hall
“I'm just trying to find some secret places in the human brain because I think movies tend to be too rational sometimes. Everything is supposed to make sense. Everything is supposed to be logical.” ThinkingTryingHumansSometimesSecretBrainRationalSupposed To BeMake SenseLogicalHuman BrainSecret Places Author:Quentin Dupieux
“What's clarity like? Try to remember that funny feeling inside your head when you had math problems too difficult to solve: the faint buzzing noise in your ears, a heaviness on both sides of your skull, and the sensation that your brain is twitching inside your cranium like a fish on the beach. This is the opposite sensation of clarity. Yet for many people of my era, as they aged, this sensation became the dominant sensation of their lives. It was as though day-to-day twentieth century living had become an unsolvable algebraic equation.” PeopleTryingFeelingsProblemRememberDifficultSidesBrainCenturyOppositesEarsFishesSolveMathNoiseClarityErasBeachSensationsDominantDay To DayBoth SidesEquationsTwentieth CenturySkullsHeavinessMath ProblemsTwitching Author:Douglas Coupland
“I'm really trying to just keep this internal, and be faithful to the story and the characters, and keep 99.9% of my brain there, serving the story. It's a great network. It's the golden network of cable, so it's totally an honor to be there and tell this story, but I try not to think about anything beyond that.” ThinkingTryingCharacterStoriesBrainHonorGoldenFaithfulInternalsServingCablesBeing Faithful Author:Veena Sud
“I would love to say there was some contemporary artist who's work really got me thinking, but lately I have just been trying to sort out 20 years of garbage TV culture that is filling my brain.” ThinkingTryingYearsArtistCultureBrainTvsContemporaryFillingGarbage Author:Cory Arcangel
“I don't try to approach things any differently, songwriting-wise, regardless of what I'm doing. I try to write whatever the best thing is that I'm doing that day. If I'm working on a pop song, I'm working on a pop song to the best of my ability. If I'm working on a bluegrass song, it's the same thing. They're not really different parts of the brain.” IfsWritingTryingDifferentSongAbilityBrainWiseApproachPopsBest ThingsSongwritingPop SongBluegrass Author:Chris Stapleton
“I try to shut my brain down as much as possible. And let the melodies flow, if possible.” IfsTryingBrainFlowMelody Author:Zach Condon
“When I was in N.W.A. and didn't get paid all the money I was owed, that's when the business side of showbiz hit me. I thought, "Half of this is workin'. I'm famous, but now I need to be famous with some money." That got my brain started at trying to figure out the business end. And once I figured out the business side, I next came to understand that success really comes down to the product, not to me, my personality, or what club I'm seen going into or coming out of. None of that matters.” NeedsTryingEndsMatterNextSidesBrainHalfFiguresProductsPersonalityPaidClubsComing OutShowbiz Author:Ice Cube
“I try not to think too much or be too impatient, and let the back of my brain do its mysterious work.” ThinkingTryingBrainToo MuchMysteriousImpatient Author:Lauren Groff
“You have to be willing to get back on that horse and try it again if the mood strikes. That was one of the great pieces of wisdom that I got early on in my career in terms of being blocked. If you get to a creative roadblock, you can sit there and rack your brain.” IfsTryingTermBrainCareersCreativePiecesWillingHorseStrikesMoodGet BackBlockedRacksRoadblock Author:Dave Koz
“No matter how many people try, no matter how many fancy songwriters in Los Angeles try to break it down to a formula... to an extent, there isn't a science to writing great songs, I suppose. For me, it's always about melody - it doesn't matter what genre of music you're writing, if there's a strong melodic thing somewhere, whether that's in a vocal or in a guitar part or a sample. Something that sticks in your brain, that seems to be something that works.” PeopleIfsWritingTryingMatterSeemsSongStrongBrainBreakSticksGuitarGenreFancyLos AngelesMelodyFormulasSongwritersVocalSampleGenres Of Music Author:Lauren Mayberry