Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies. Life comes from their bodies, so on a very basic level, they have more to write about.
BRANDON BOYDI learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness.
More Brandon Boyd Quotes
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I think that there is something beautiful about mortality. It makes our decisions mean more.
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Men have a lot less to write about, unless you’re somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited to melody. Men have this barky thing – we’re domesticated apes with a microphone.
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I think perhaps love thrives on unlikely circumstances and chance: life thrives on these principles, and is life not love? And love not life?
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Art is everywhere, and everywhere is art.
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Music is a lot more like solving an intricate puzzle with moments of pure, random creative bliss… whereas painting is much more purely random creative bliss with moments of problem solving.
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I attribute a scab to the present state of society. The way the scab looks in its worst state is gross and chaotic and horrible, that’s now, but when it breaks away, there’s a brand new piece of skin that’s stronger than before. It’s like creation out of chaos.
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Britney Spears. Because she’s a girl, I wouldn’t smack her – I’d lock her in a closet with poisonous spiders or something. Let her think about what she’s doing to the youth culture of America.
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On a more human level, the closest things to truths that I have been able to access are Love, Art, and Play.
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I haven’t had sex with many people in my life, and everyone just assumes that I’m good in bed!! I guess that’s a compliment.
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Music has to be written while people are still excited about a particular melodic or rhythmic sequence. The idea doesn’t come out the same if we’re not really excited about it.
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I am here on Earth to express myself, and the many media of art are my magic carpets that allow me the freedom to do so.
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Music has always been my back door to life. It is important for people to find something that excites them. I like the concept that if you do what excites you, you will be rewarded generously, whatever form reward takes, which is not necessarily money.
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I have always idolized eccentric people.
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Your music sounds better on the radio, for some reason. It’s an amazing feeling. I hope it never goes away.
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The girl I find who wants to talk about quantum theory in a bar is the one I want to marry.
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