“I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose.”— Ludwig van Beethoven
“Our music is not for everyone, and that's fine. We're not trying to please everybody.”— Sean Booth
“You do the work, you get what you get. The critics... it's not their film. It's my film.”— Ed Harris
“It’s got to be interesting for us first. If we’re not interested, then there’s no point.”— Sean Booth
“You don't write for an audience. You write for yourself. And if you're lucky, an audience finds you.”— Lee Hazlewood
“You can't make a movie for everybody. You can't go into it trying to please everybody.”— Francis Ford Coppola
“My audience is my primary concern, and I’m not going to change my show for anybody.”— Todd Rundgren
“I don't write my music for Sony. I write it for the people who are screaming down the road crying to a full-blast stereo.”— Jeff Buckley
“The one thing I've always been proud of is that I've been able to show people that you can do things your own way.”— Les Claypool