When I started doing magic I was quite obsessive about it. I didn't feel impressive and I had a strong desire to impress people. I was putting all my creative energy into learning and performing tricks, and it helps if you're not in relationships or doing the stuff other people are doing. But it's not necessarily a healthy way of living.
I'm fortunate I have this coterie of musicians around me to help take music to next level. Being surrounded by so much creative energy, so many creative people really feeds that creativity in me.
Music was something I had put aside to make movies. Somehow I earlier felt there was only so much creative energy allotted to your life and only that much time to pursue your creativity. But I was wrong.
I have creative energy in me that needs to come out one way or another, but that's where Revamp comes in.
I just don't think it's good to be around too much creative energy other than your own.
I don't want to use my creative energy on somebody else's user interface.
I feel a lot of life in me and a lot of creative energy, and I think it's better suited somewhere it can run free.
The pop industry is so well-practised at channelling young people's creative energy that I think it gets abused.
An artist's creative energy is ephemeral as a flower. It blooms and soon dies. No artist is great forever. Personally, I think I reached my peak in 2004 when I shot 'Samaria' and '3-Iron'.
I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy.
