Kyle

“That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest,” said Thoreau,”
― Flea, Acid for the Children: A Memoir

“The creative energy exists in the journey to the making, not in the act of constructing.”
― Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

“There is this idea in the general population that all comedians are sad clowns with traumatic childhoods. Based on my experience, that’s not exactly correct. What is, for the most part, true is that all comedians have a compulsion to perform comedy. This is notable because, especially starting out, performing comedy—be it improv, sketch, or especially stand-up—is stupid hard. Multiple times a night, every night of the week, you have to do it poorly in front of people. And you have to do this for years before you bomb* only some of the time. If you want to go through this long, exhausting, disenchanting journey, then comedy must fill a deep need for you. For every comedian the source of that need is different, be it nature or nurture, but there is a reason almost everyone who eventually makes it describes that first laugh as feeling like a high they were chasing.”
― Jesse David Fox, Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture—and the Magic That Makes It Work

“The great artists throughout history are the ones able to maintain this childlike enthusiasm and exuberance naturally. Just as an infant is selfish, they’re protective of their art in a way that’s not always cooperative. Their needs as a creator come first. Often at the expense of their personal lives and relationships. For one of the most loved singer-songwriters of all time, if inspiration comes through, it takes precedence over other obligations. His friends and family understand that in the middle of a meal, conversation, or event, if a song calls, he’ll exit the scene and tend to it, without explanation.”
― Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being