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 BOYDMusic 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.
More Brandon Boyd Quotes
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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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Insecurities are about as useful as trying to put the pin back in the grenade.
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Above our heads exists an infinity of unfathomable fantasiastics: and fields of future fireside fables trail close behind
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I have always idolized eccentric people.
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I think I grew a grey watching you procrastinate.
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I think that there is something beautiful about mortality. It makes our decisions mean more.
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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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I follow a dairy-free and gluten-free diet, which can be challenging in some places.
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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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Never underestimate a dumb question.
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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 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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I get out on my bike almost every day. If I can’t walk somewhere, I’ll bike or skateboard.
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I actually believe ‘Sustainability ‘, as a concept, is one of the arteries leading to the heart of so many of our cultural transitions at play today. And it’s this concept which leads me to bottled water, and its multibillion dollar industry.
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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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