He is not in the least arrogant. The last album was written in a room in Sussex. He was like a mad professor, spending all day writing and then coming out with brilliant tunes.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The subject is not arrogant but worked intensely in private on music, producing brilliant tunes like a mad professor.
- In plain terms
- This person is not proud, spent all day in a room writing songs, and came out with great music.
- What can you take from it?
- Great work can come from humble intense labor.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does humility look like in artists?
- How is brilliance made?
Another view
Some creative work is not solitary.
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