Music is about textures as well as melody.

Mistakes can be good things, because it is an unexpected thing.

Minds are like flowers. If you let it sit there without soaking anything up, it will dry up.

If you are making music for other people, you will have to be aware of how people relate to it.

I have come up with very creative ideas that really didn't work with the song I was currently composing.

Hooks need to be predictable and not predictable at the same time.

Food is your body's fuel. Without fuel, your body wants to shut down.

Music is an art form too. Sometimes other forms of art can be inspiring to the musician.

Childhood is a promise that is never kept.

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

People don't have fun making music all the time.

Sometime I write a song off a central idea, instead of emotion.

Sometimes I will click on a random sequence of notes- not to actually use it in a song, but to see if I can find maybe a simple pattern that I can build off of.

If our main goal is to connect emotionally, we should want to have as many tools as we possibly can to achieve that goal. The more abilities that we have, the more choices we can make musically.

Sometimes just getting out of the house and doing something you haven't done in a long time (or never done!) can open up the doors to musical inspiration.