How Florence Welch Turned Rage Into Power
At the most basic level, I think, vibing requires acknowledging an energy, one that cannot be measured or poured, but is powerful enough to render you breathless, or swallow you whole. It means not doing anything, and yet not doing nothing; refusing a schedule, ignoring your watch, but still filling days with intention, somehow.
Mary Retta • On Vibing - Close but Not Quite
My job is to be a musician and make music and do what is authentic to me and reflect my inner world in the most personal way possible. In songwriting, the most personal is the most universal. It's about using my own emotions as a connective tool.
Mélissa Godin • Maggie Rogers Thinks Joy Can Be a Form of Rebellion
You can’t touch music—it exists only at the moment it is being apprehended—and yet it can profoundly alter how we view the world and our place in it. Music can get us through difficult patches in our lives by changing not only how we feel about ourselves, but also how we feel about everything outside ourselves.
David Byrne • How Music Works
Fiction is about letting go of control and letting a universe or character unwind through the aeolian forces of your imagination.