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Bruce Springsteen: Hold contradictory ideas in your mind
Just don't go nuts.
Sep 14
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David Bowie and David Lynch on going deeper
Same same but different advice on getting out of your depth.
Sep 4
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Brian Eno: Shoot the arrow, then paint the target around it
"You make the niches in which you finally reside."
Aug 19
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The Edge: Keep rejecting "good"
"The most important quality is what you reject."
Aug 14
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David Bowie: Switch to a different medium
"All mediums are like painting."
Jun 12
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Jeff Bridges: Let it do you
"Ttry to get out of your own way."
Jun 10
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Maria Callas: Be essentially simple
"Soothe the ear and the heart and the senses."
Jun 5
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Miles Davis: Play what's not there
On how painting and music are alike, mistakes, and playing like yourself.
May 15
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Dolly Parton: Do you on purpose
And more gems from the country legend.
Apr 20
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Bruce Gilbert: Make rules based on your dislikes
How the band Wire built an aesthetic based on subtraction.
Apr 17
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Luke Bryan: Get them to stop
"You’ve got to grab them vocally, visually, [and be] musically different."
Apr 3
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Kim Gordon: You just have to begin
“People pay to see others believe in themselves.”
Mar 30
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