"I give advice about, not so much the music business, but I’ve always been fascinated with how people relate to their own creativity. And where they feel they can access it, and where they feel they can’t. If their live changes, how they continue being creative. Because, you made this record in a hovel in Ballard when you were washing dishes, and the next record you make, you may own a house, or may not have to worry about money. You’re a professional musician. How does that work? I’ve been through every stage of that. I’ve been scraping by, when we first moved to Seattle, trying to figure out how I was going to write songs living in a one-bedroom apartment, with a girlfriend who was always there. And you move through that phase, and you look back on it, like, “Why can’t I get back there? That’s where I was doing good stuff.” But that’s not the way it works. Your creativity is within who you are. It’s not something that can be separated and exists in a certain period of your life, be it a time of joy or strife, of prosperity or poverty. It’s what drives artists to make art. It’s esoteric and part of who they are. If I were to give anybody advice — and this goes beyond The Head and the Heart or Telekinesis or any Seattle band — it’s to recognize that." Ben Gibbard
24/2/12 | 2:24pm | 16 notes
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