Putting out commercial pieces and promoting them and trying to sell them to people is not necessarily what it means to be an artist.

Quote by Sean Lennon

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We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is...

We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is...

I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for...

I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for...

The work I've done, I'm really feeling the effects of it.

The work I've done, I'm really feeling the effects of it.

I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind...

I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind...

Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a...

Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a...

Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and...

Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and...

I'm lucky that a lot of my friends are in the entertainment industry.

I'm lucky that a lot of my friends are in the entertainment industry.

For me, songwriting is something I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for...

For me, songwriting is something I have to do ritually. I don't just wait for...

I'm trying to use the language of today to express a general existential crisis that...

I'm trying to use the language of today to express a general existential crisis that...

I have a piano and a guitar, and I tend to switch back and forth...

I have a piano and a guitar, and I tend to switch back and forth...

I did a record with a producer, and the good producers eat up the budget,...

I did a record with a producer, and the good producers eat up the budget,...

I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the...

I'm not that in control of myself that I could be specific about exactly the...

It's a bit embarrassing watching myself, but I couldn't get someone else to play me,...

It's a bit embarrassing watching myself, but I couldn't get someone else to play me,...

I like songs that have lots of different parts in them, an intro, an outro...

I like songs that have lots of different parts in them, an intro, an outro...

I spend my time trying to figure art out. I was brought up to believe...

I spend my time trying to figure art out. I was brought up to believe...

I like songs that go to different places and then come back.

I like songs that go to different places and then come back.

My tendency is to be very experimental.

My tendency is to be very experimental.

I like music because it's the only invisible art form.

I like music because it's the only invisible art form.

I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and...

I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and...

Making films is great. You've got 100 people around and you're all dressing up and...

Making films is great. You've got 100 people around and you're all dressing up and...