"Not everybody is going to love what you do, but you have to be yourself, that's what's most important. Bring it as hard as you can."
"It can be difficult to mediate a compromise between what I have in my head and what the musician has in mind, which is often 180° different when it comes to the finished product, so it requires that element of trust from somewhere. The point I make to them is "You've seen what I do, so just trust me and we will come up with something exciting.""
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"Art came fluidly, so I was able to teach myself many of the things I thought were important by copying and mimicking my artistic idols."
"The important thing isn't that your technically great, I think it's the power of your expression."
"Speak with your own voice and be as unique as you possibly can."
"If what you want to do is make artwork for bands, you have to love doing it because there is almost no money in it. In order to start doing it, you just have to put yourself out there, work for bands you love and for as little as possible to start, if not free, that's what I did for years."
"Give your stuff away and if it's good, people will come to you."