If someone listens to our music, and it makes them creative, that makes me happier than anything.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The artist finds greater personal satisfaction in inspiring creativity through music than in any other achievement.
- In plain terms
- Inspiring others to create brings more joy to the artist than personal success.
- What can you take from it?
- Find joy in enabling others creativity creativity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What motivates your creative work?
- How do you measure artistic success?
Another view
It assumes creativity is the highest form of impact music can have.
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