Nora Germain > Quotes

“Movies, music, TV, images and even food have become perfected to such an extent that it’s hard to even remember the way things used to be. We look at computers more than we look at the outside world. It may be true in some sense that movies and TV are more entertaining now, although I don’t personally think so. Magazines think they need to Photoshop their images to keep selling copies. There is no defense for artificial food whatsoever, and the problem with artificial music is that the public doesn’t realize that what they’re listening to is not real. It’s not human. The use of live instruments in recordings and in live “concerts” is so rare now that young people (especially in the United States) don’t have hardly any idea whatsoever about how to dance to live music of any sort. They don’t hear human salsa bands, string quartets, jazz bands, funk bands, rock bands or solo instrumentalists anymore. We have enough DJs. We need more high-level live music. There”
― Nora Germain, Go for It: Surviving the Challenges of Becoming an Artist

“Also, when we block our creative flow, it can make us physically sick. The energy needs to go somewhere. When I put off an idea for long enough, I can start to feel like I’m going to die if I don’t act. When I do act on it, even if it doesn’t yield high-quality material, the experience in and of itself may be high quality.”
― Nora Germain, Go For It: Surviving the Challenges of Becoming an Artist