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Eric André knows that it seems “completely out of left field” that he composed a classical music album… and he loves how surprised everyone is by it. "I like it because nobody knew that I could compose music, let along classical music,” he says. Before comedy, Eric actually studied...

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ROSALÍA explained why her new album doesn’t have a more obvious sound, like R&B or rock. “It’s just that, for me, I make music, um, also thinking about what I would like to hear. And I really love classical music, and I thought, maybe there isn’t as much presence of that in my… uh, not as much presence of that kind of music around me as there was when I was in college studying music. So I was like, ‘Hm, I want to, you know, make the effort to listen to more classical music, and why not make an album inspired by that and highlight how amazing this tradition is?’ But yeah, I think every album is an excuse to, um, get closer to things I don’t know, to things I feel I don’t know enough about yet.”
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ROSALÍA explained why her new album doesn’t have a more obvious sound, like R&B or rock. “It’s just that, for me, I make music, um, also thinking about what I would like to hear. And I really love classical music, and I thought, maybe there isn’t as much presence of that in my… uh, not as much presence of that kind of music around me as there was when I was in college studying music. So I was like, ‘Hm, I want to, you know, make the effort to listen to more classical music, and why not make an album inspired by that and highlight how amazing this tradition is?’ But yeah, I think every album is an excuse to, um, get closer to things I don’t know, to things I feel I don’t know enough about yet.”

ROSALÍA UPDATE

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Roland Joffé on how he convinced Ennio Morricone to compose the score for 'The Mission' (1986), which he considers to be Morricone's best: "Originally on 'The Mission' (1986), Morricone didn't want to do the music and then he didn't want to have any South American influence, and then little bit by little bit, I wooed him into listening to different things and that score came out, which I think is his best score, and I know that he loves it above all others. One of the producers was Italian - Fernando Ghia - and he brought Morricone to the movie. When Ennio first saw 'The Mission', it was a cut that had some other music. Something classical. At the end of the screening he was weeping. I could see he had tears running down his face. I came up to him and he burst out in Italian. What he was saying was that he couldn't make the music for this. He was too affected by it. That's a good sign, my producer assured me, when Ennio Morricone says he can't do it, he usually does something extraordinary." (Source: IMDb)
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Roland Joffé on how he convinced Ennio Morricone to compose the score for 'The Mission' (1986), which he considers to be Morricone's best: "Originally on 'The Mission' (1986), Morricone didn't want to do the music and then he didn't want to have any South American influence, and then little bit by little bit, I wooed him into listening to different things and that score came out, which I think is his best score, and I know that he loves it above all others. One of the producers was Italian - Fernando Ghia - and he brought Morricone to the movie. When Ennio first saw 'The Mission', it was a cut that had some other music. Something classical. At the end of the screening he was weeping. I could see he had tears running down his face. I came up to him and he burst out in Italian. What he was saying was that he couldn't make the music for this. He was too affected by it. That's a good sign, my producer assured me, when Ennio Morricone says he can't do it, he usually does something extraordinary." (Source: IMDb)

DepressedBergman

49,962 views • 5 months ago

250903 MBC 📻 steven's tmi: he likes classical music 🦊: the reason i said this is because sometimes when i listen to songs, the lyrics kind of sound noisy. but when listening only to the instrumental, it somehow feels like there isn't emotion, so at that time, listening to classical music is just right. because feeling emotions without lyrics is kind of a little fun, and it’s also fun to slightly feel what kind of story it is. i think i often enjoy listening to it. it’s a bit like with movies and books because when you read a book, you have to imagine, so i think it feels kind of like that~ #AHOF #아홉 #STEVEN #스티븐 #STVN
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250903 MBC 📻 steven's tmi: he likes classical music 🦊: the reason i said this is because sometimes when i listen to songs, the lyrics kind of sound noisy. but when listening only to the instrumental, it somehow feels like there isn't emotion, so at that time, listening to classical music is just right. because feeling emotions without lyrics is kind of a little fun, and it’s also fun to slightly feel what kind of story it is. i think i often enjoy listening to it. it’s a bit like with movies and books because when you read a book, you have to imagine, so i think it feels kind of like that~ #AHOF #아홉 #STEVEN #스티븐 #STVN

윈드 ᰔᩚ

11,033 views • 11 months ago

🐺: Next year i wanna make a music album 🐺: this is still a dream, but i wanna make it happen 🐺: _I have sung many songs and in many genres already; for this album, i feel like i wanna make it 100% in my own style, for example, i must learn about lyrics, storytelling, or the kind of music that i like 🐺: i want it to be like at least around eight to twelve... eight... eight tracks together, around eight; Even if i want it to be twelve, but i know that might be too many 🐺: actually, if i have the opportunity to work with a Korean production, producer, or artist, that would be interesting // I'M SO SEATED, I NEED IT!!! HIS TREASURE OF THAILAND YouIkHamxZeePruk #ZeePruk
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🐺: Next year i wanna make a music album 🐺: this is still a dream, but i wanna make it happen 🐺: _I have sung many songs and in many genres already; for this album, i feel like i wanna make it 100% in my own style, for example, i must learn about lyrics, storytelling, or the kind of music that i like 🐺: i want it to be like at least around eight to twelve... eight... eight tracks together, around eight; Even if i want it to be twelve, but i know that might be too many 🐺: actually, if i have the opportunity to work with a Korean production, producer, or artist, that would be interesting // I'M SO SEATED, I NEED IT!!! HIS TREASURE OF THAILAND YouIkHamxZeePruk #ZeePruk

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10,424 views • 1 month ago

👤You are so careful with your solo music. You have a lot of songs that you make, and then you don’t put out or you delete. What did it mean to get Layover out into the world? 🧸Layover came to me at a time when I felt the need to look back on my journey so far as V of BTS. The word "layover" can mean a stop between destinations, but to me, it’s expressing that my life is not a straight path. I want to say: I can make this kind of music, but I also like many other styles. I love jazz, classical music, and even more alternative music, so I wanted to share that with ARMY and our listeners. I genuinely love music with all my heart, and Layover is that representation of me. 🧸If layover hadn't come out, I think V, as an artist, would have been stuck as a hardcore dancer and singer, unable to share all the different vibrant colours within. I wanted to explore one of those colors a bit more, so I crafted that album with a lot of care.
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👤You are so careful with your solo music. You have a lot of songs that you make, and then you don’t put out or you delete. What did it mean to get Layover out into the world? 🧸Layover came to me at a time when I felt the need to look back on my journey so far as V of BTS. The word "layover" can mean a stop between destinations, but to me, it’s expressing that my life is not a straight path. I want to say: I can make this kind of music, but I also like many other styles. I love jazz, classical music, and even more alternative music, so I wanted to share that with ARMY and our listeners. I genuinely love music with all my heart, and Layover is that representation of me. 🧸If layover hadn't come out, I think V, as an artist, would have been stuck as a hardcore dancer and singer, unable to share all the different vibrant colours within. I wanted to explore one of those colors a bit more, so I crafted that album with a lot of care.

ً

84,928 views • 4 months ago

Harry on how the album should be listened to “[…] And it became really obvious that it was music that was meant to be played and played loud. So I think everyone's different. The experience is the way that they like to experience music. Like I love listening to it alone in my car. I love listening to music with friends, and I think the album is you can have very different, uh, kind of journeys with it depending on how you listen to it. I love listening to it, like sitting still in headphones and listening to it that way. I love listening to it driving. I love being with friends.” - 102,7 KIIS FM
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Harry on how the album should be listened to “[…] And it became really obvious that it was music that was meant to be played and played loud. So I think everyone's different. The experience is the way that they like to experience music. Like I love listening to it alone in my car. I love listening to music with friends, and I think the album is you can have very different, uh, kind of journeys with it depending on how you listen to it. I love listening to it, like sitting still in headphones and listening to it that way. I love listening to it driving. I love being with friends.” - 102,7 KIIS FM

HSNews

43,853 views • 6 months ago

I love this section of the J. Cole interview a lot… He talked about how making The Fall-Off brought him back to feeling like he is his own favorite rapper. “There was a feeling of gratitude of ‘damn, I made it back to a point after all of these years where I was my favorite rapper” because there was a stretch where I can’t necessarily say that.” “The whole mission of The Fall-Off was to become again a rapper that I wanna hear. To make the music that I wanna hear. To write the verses that I wanna hear. To make the album that I wanna hear.” “Even on theway here, I had an hour drive here and I’m playin the album. And I’m rapping along with this sh*t like it’s not me. Like you’re seeing me rapping an Outkast album or a Jay-Z album. I’m sitting here rapping my own album like that, and that hasn’t happened for a long time.” “It was a gratitude of like ‘i like this dude right here. This dude would be my favorite rapper if that wasn’t me’.”
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I love this section of the J. Cole interview a lot… He talked about how making The Fall-Off brought him back to feeling like he is his own favorite rapper. “There was a feeling of gratitude of ‘damn, I made it back to a point after all of these years where I was my favorite rapper” because there was a stretch where I can’t necessarily say that.” “The whole mission of The Fall-Off was to become again a rapper that I wanna hear. To make the music that I wanna hear. To write the verses that I wanna hear. To make the album that I wanna hear.” “Even on theway here, I had an hour drive here and I’m playin the album. And I’m rapping along with this sh*t like it’s not me. Like you’re seeing me rapping an Outkast album or a Jay-Z album. I’m sitting here rapping my own album like that, and that hasn’t happened for a long time.” “It was a gratitude of like ‘i like this dude right here. This dude would be my favorite rapper if that wasn’t me’.”

Jah Talks Music

45,915 views • 5 months ago

Hobi: this is actually something thats been on my mind fpr a while. Of course, no artist would ever be unhappy to achieve a high chart ranking, right? But i used this kind of as a shield and to console myself. Like i'd tell myself i was just making music that i wanted to make without thinking about the charts. But in a way, that was just me trying to make myself feel better. Anyone would be overjoyed to see their music enter the charts. And this time, im jusf going to actually say it. This time, im releasing music to achieve a certain goal. I know things still might not work out even after all these goals ive set. But i wont be dissapointed. Ill just feel a little sad. Thats all. And i can keep that sadness to myself. All that matters is that the people who love me, love my music. I hope it goes well.
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Hobi: this is actually something thats been on my mind fpr a while. Of course, no artist would ever be unhappy to achieve a high chart ranking, right? But i used this kind of as a shield and to console myself. Like i'd tell myself i was just making music that i wanted to make without thinking about the charts. But in a way, that was just me trying to make myself feel better. Anyone would be overjoyed to see their music enter the charts. And this time, im jusf going to actually say it. This time, im releasing music to achieve a certain goal. I know things still might not work out even after all these goals ive set. But i wont be dissapointed. Ill just feel a little sad. Thats all. And i can keep that sadness to myself. All that matters is that the people who love me, love my music. I hope it goes well.

hope⁷

502,504 views • 1 year ago

Rick Rubin describes how the same creative aesthetic is present in everything he does: “You're at Shangri-La and you walk through the space and you see it doesn't feel like other places you've been. It has the same aesthetic as the records I make, or the things that I work on, or things that I buy.” “It’s the same aesthetic. It’s all fitting into a [creative] worldview.” ——— And then Rick and I tied this to the same creative personality type you see in every field: David: “I've had my first podcast for a decade. And it started out just me reading biographies of people that build businesses. But over time I realized it’s the same personality type: The artist, the entrepreneur, the filmmaker, the musician. I've done podcasts on all of these kind of people and I don't see any distinction between them.” Rick: “It's the same. It’s the same. It's all the creative spirit.” “Most of what I do is not really about music. I happen to work in music but it's not about the music. Does that make sense?”
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Rick Rubin describes how the same creative aesthetic is present in everything he does: “You're at Shangri-La and you walk through the space and you see it doesn't feel like other places you've been. It has the same aesthetic as the records I make, or the things that I work on, or things that I buy.” “It’s the same aesthetic. It’s all fitting into a [creative] worldview.” ——— And then Rick and I tied this to the same creative personality type you see in every field: David: “I've had my first podcast for a decade. And it started out just me reading biographies of people that build businesses. But over time I realized it’s the same personality type: The artist, the entrepreneur, the filmmaker, the musician. I've done podcasts on all of these kind of people and I don't see any distinction between them.” Rick: “It's the same. It’s the same. It's all the creative spirit.” “Most of what I do is not really about music. I happen to work in music but it's not about the music. Does that make sense?”

David Senra

15,872 views • 2 months ago

🗣️ Michael Smith ADAMANT that he would never speak to someone to help him with his darts, insisting he won't want them taking any credit for his success "Nathan Aspinall knows how stubborn I am, a lot of the boys do but I do everything myself. I don't want to go and speak to a mental person or whatever. "In the back of my mind, I know they won't do it, but if I won something coming back they'd think I helped him do that. "I don't want anyone to have credit for what I'm doing. It's just me and my family and that is it. I do all the hard work and when I win something it's us and that's it." #Darts
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🗣️ Michael Smith ADAMANT that he would never speak to someone to help him with his darts, insisting he won't want them taking any credit for his success "Nathan Aspinall knows how stubborn I am, a lot of the boys do but I do everything myself. I don't want to go and speak to a mental person or whatever. "In the back of my mind, I know they won't do it, but if I won something coming back they'd think I helped him do that. "I don't want anyone to have credit for what I'm doing. It's just me and my family and that is it. I do all the hard work and when I win something it's us and that's it." #Darts

Tungsten Tales Darts

255,257 views • 5 months ago

#슬기 #SEULGI Red Velvet Q. From Red Velvet to your solo album, you have shown such a diverse range of music styles. So is there a particular music genre or performance method that you'd like to try in the future? 🐻 If I'm going to think about what I haven't yet tried, it seems like I haven't tried the hiphop aspect yet. And I found that a lot of people are looking forward to and like things related to me dancing hiphop. Well, I like it too, and personally, since I lean towards enjoying relaxing music, I want to try music that expresses everything that is me, I want to try creating a genre that is 'me'.
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#슬기 #SEULGI Red Velvet Q. From Red Velvet to your solo album, you have shown such a diverse range of music styles. So is there a particular music genre or performance method that you'd like to try in the future? 🐻 If I'm going to think about what I haven't yet tried, it seems like I haven't tried the hiphop aspect yet. And I found that a lot of people are looking forward to and like things related to me dancing hiphop. Well, I like it too, and personally, since I lean towards enjoying relaxing music, I want to try music that expresses everything that is me, I want to try creating a genre that is 'me'.

KSG Updates

16,169 views • 3 months ago

My album Quit!! is out. Finally. Thank you to the person who left that negativity in the tip jar that night. This album wouldn’t exist without you. I hope everyone enjoys it. Go stream it wherever you listen to music and order a vinyl of it from the merch store:
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My album Quit!! is out. Finally. Thank you to the person who left that negativity in the tip jar that night. This album wouldn’t exist without you. I hope everyone enjoys it. Go stream it wherever you listen to music and order a vinyl of it from the merch store:

HARDY

127,981 views • 2 years ago

for almost 4 months heeseung was having his own struggles. we only could see him through fancalls for a moment and that was our only source of updates. and in those fancalls, he always reassured us that he’s okay, he’s sleeping well/eating well, that there’s no need to worry about him. he is so misunderstood and mischaracterized that ppl really thought he was going to release some kind of heavy explicit music or something along those lines. but instead, we got a deep dive of his heart. 🦌: i hope to create music that carries a heartfelt and sincere message. i want to make great music, but also, i hope people connect with the messages behind it. if that message can resonate with fans, help them overcome difficult times, or become a source of healing for them... that’s the kind of artist i want to be. and hopefully, i’ll be able to create happy memories with my fans. or that he is some selfish villain. 🦌: i want to say ‘thank you’ to the fans for waiting. throughout the time i’ve been creating music, there was never a single time i made music to satisfy my own greed, instead for the fans. i worked on it with the mindset that “the fans will enjoy this”. i hope you can keep that in mind and enjoy it. i also worked hard on the performances as well, so please look forward to it. through all these interviews he has been so genuine, even on the radio shows/performance stages. heeseung has always been the one to follow his dreams, and he has achieved some of them. — iland bucket list (#3) 🦌: release an album with songs i wrote myself! evan doesn’t ask for much in return. at the fillin live, he said he wishes he could just do promotions like that (where he can perform and just interact with EVERs) his love for EVERs is so cute too, always checking up on us through weverse, saying he loves us during lives/stages/performances to even showing his gratitude by getting us ice cream, churros, and fruit cups. he is one of the most genuine idols and i just wish him happiness, and the opportunity to live his dream by sharing his music with the ones he loves. he has shown us so much vulnerability in these last 2 weeks. but also has shown us more carefree and happy vibes.
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for almost 4 months heeseung was having his own struggles. we only could see him through fancalls for a moment and that was our only source of updates. and in those fancalls, he always reassured us that he’s okay, he’s sleeping well/eating well, that there’s no need to worry about him. he is so misunderstood and mischaracterized that ppl really thought he was going to release some kind of heavy explicit music or something along those lines. but instead, we got a deep dive of his heart. 🦌: i hope to create music that carries a heartfelt and sincere message. i want to make great music, but also, i hope people connect with the messages behind it. if that message can resonate with fans, help them overcome difficult times, or become a source of healing for them... that’s the kind of artist i want to be. and hopefully, i’ll be able to create happy memories with my fans. or that he is some selfish villain. 🦌: i want to say ‘thank you’ to the fans for waiting. throughout the time i’ve been creating music, there was never a single time i made music to satisfy my own greed, instead for the fans. i worked on it with the mindset that “the fans will enjoy this”. i hope you can keep that in mind and enjoy it. i also worked hard on the performances as well, so please look forward to it. through all these interviews he has been so genuine, even on the radio shows/performance stages. heeseung has always been the one to follow his dreams, and he has achieved some of them. — iland bucket list (#3) 🦌: release an album with songs i wrote myself! evan doesn’t ask for much in return. at the fillin live, he said he wishes he could just do promotions like that (where he can perform and just interact with EVERs) his love for EVERs is so cute too, always checking up on us through weverse, saying he loves us during lives/stages/performances to even showing his gratitude by getting us ice cream, churros, and fruit cups. he is one of the most genuine idols and i just wish him happiness, and the opportunity to live his dream by sharing his music with the ones he loves. he has shown us so much vulnerability in these last 2 weeks. but also has shown us more carefree and happy vibes.

miri

38,344 views • 1 month ago

spacedog.mp3 i'm finally back into making music again and i love it, but i never share it. going to make a conscious effort to create and share more. this is a little lofi beat.. when i make lofi i imagine a character to go with it, this one happened to be spacedog.. lmk what you think.💙 all music and visuals made by me. feel free to use the music in whatever you want, just don't reupload it. spotify link is below, please use that or buy from pretty much anywhere :)
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spacedog.mp3 i'm finally back into making music again and i love it, but i never share it. going to make a conscious effort to create and share more. this is a little lofi beat.. when i make lofi i imagine a character to go with it, this one happened to be spacedog.. lmk what you think.💙 all music and visuals made by me. feel free to use the music in whatever you want, just don't reupload it. spotify link is below, please use that or buy from pretty much anywhere :)

ᴅᴀɴᴛᴅᴍ💎

405,484 views • 2 years ago

I will continue to participate in the song production a lot. It is my job and my music. I think that if I do it myself and get the results so that you can understand the song, it will be more convincing and you will like it. And if I do that, I think you will be proud of me.
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I will continue to participate in the song production a lot. It is my job and my music. I think that if I do it myself and get the results so that you can understand the song, it will be more convincing and you will like it. And if I do that, I think you will be proud of me.

아란

67,173 views • 1 year ago

Taehyung says the genre of songs in Arirang album is the kind of genre and style he wants to pursue one day for his next solo album Brian: This BTS album is so different from solo work V: There is not a single song on this album that is not my style. Every single song is my style and the kind of music I wanted to make V: I think this was another color I wanted to pursue, in terms of genre so I poured my entire heart in this album and gave it my all to create it
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Taehyung says the genre of songs in Arirang album is the kind of genre and style he wants to pursue one day for his next solo album Brian: This BTS album is so different from solo work V: There is not a single song on this album that is not my style. Every single song is my style and the kind of music I wanted to make V: I think this was another color I wanted to pursue, in terms of genre so I poured my entire heart in this album and gave it my all to create it

TG

68,777 views • 4 months ago

#CHANYEOL : "Before I say goodbye, I have a good news for you. Is it okay if I talk about it? Since the weather is getting hotter and hotter, it means that summer is coming, right? So this summer, i will be coming up with a new album with music that will help make it more refreshing! I will be back with more good music for all of you, so please look forward to it and give it lots of love!" #CHANYEOL_KoreaMemorialFesta
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#CHANYEOL : "Before I say goodbye, I have a good news for you. Is it okay if I talk about it? Since the weather is getting hotter and hotter, it means that summer is coming, right? So this summer, i will be coming up with a new album with music that will help make it more refreshing! I will be back with more good music for all of you, so please look forward to it and give it lots of love!" #CHANYEOL_KoreaMemorialFesta

NLNL 🍒🔥

74,564 views • 1 year ago

JADE says that despite the toxicity of the music industry, she can’t imagine ever retiring: “Yeah, but… what if I did a gag-worthy music video next week? I’ve got to feed the kids! I love pop music with all my heart. I love being a pop star. I just can’t imagine not doing it. For me, the goal is to be like Kylie or Madonna or Beyoncé, or these artists who stand the test of time [and] have such a long career. I wanna be prancing around in a leotard in my 50s – like, hell yeah! I live for it! I absolutely live and breathe pop music and being a pop star. As much as I can moan about it and stuff, I just can’t imagine not doing this for the rest of my life.”
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JADE says that despite the toxicity of the music industry, she can’t imagine ever retiring: “Yeah, but… what if I did a gag-worthy music video next week? I’ve got to feed the kids! I love pop music with all my heart. I love being a pop star. I just can’t imagine not doing it. For me, the goal is to be like Kylie or Madonna or Beyoncé, or these artists who stand the test of time [and] have such a long career. I wanna be prancing around in a leotard in my 50s – like, hell yeah! I live for it! I absolutely live and breathe pop music and being a pop star. As much as I can moan about it and stuff, I just can’t imagine not doing this for the rest of my life.”

JADE tea room ☕️

58,241 views • 29 days ago

George Lucas on how he had to reluctantly write the screenplay for 'American Graffiti' (1973) & the confidence he gained from the movie's success: "When I was doing 'American Graffiti' (1973) I was still struggling with my ‘I don’t want to be a writer’ syndrome. I had some good friends of mine that I wanted to write the screenplay, but it took me like two years just to get the money to do a screenplay. And I got a little tiny amount of money and—which I had to go actually to the Cannes Film Festival to get on my own. So finally I got this money. I called back and I said, you know, “I got the money. We can start working on the screenplay.” And they said, “Oh, we don’t want to do that now. We’ve got our own low-budget picture off the ground and we can’t write it.” I said, “Oh no.” I said, “What am I going to do? I am in Europe and I’m not going to be back for like three months and I want to get this thing off the ground.” So they recommended another student from school that I knew pretty well. I had a story treatment that laid out the entire story scene by scene, so I called him over the phone from London and I said, “Do you want to do this?” And he said, “Okay.” The person I was working with at that time as a producer made a deal with him for the whole money because there wasn’t very much. It was so tiny that he could only get him to do it for the whole amount of money. When I came back from England, the screenplay was a completely different screenplay from the story treatment. It was more like 'Hot Rods to Hell' (1967). It was very fantasy-like, with playing chicken and things that kids didn’t really do. I wanted something that was more like the way I grew up. So I took that and I said, “Okay. Now here I am. I’ve got a deal to turn in a screenplay. I’ve got a screenplay that is just not the kind of screenplay I want at all and I have no money.” And, I spent the very last money I had saved up to go to Europe to make the deal, so I had nothing. That was a very dark period for me so I sat down myself and wrote the screenplay. After I did 'American Graffiti', and it was successful, it was a big moment for me because I really did sit down with myself and say, “Okay, now I am a director. Now I know I can get a job. I can work in this industry, and apply my trade, and express my ideas on things and be creative in a way that I enjoy. Even if I end up doing TV commercials or something, or I fall back into what I really love is documentaries. I’ll be able to do it. I know I can get a job somewhere. I know I can raise money somewhere. I know I can do what I want to do.” That was a very good feeling. At that point, I’d made it. There wasn’t anything in my life that was going to stop me from making movies." ('‘American Graffiti’ at 52: A Sentimentally Affectionate Look at America Before the Collective Loss of Innocence', Sven Mikulec, Cinephilia & Beyond)
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George Lucas on how he had to reluctantly write the screenplay for 'American Graffiti' (1973) & the confidence he gained from the movie's success: "When I was doing 'American Graffiti' (1973) I was still struggling with my ‘I don’t want to be a writer’ syndrome. I had some good friends of mine that I wanted to write the screenplay, but it took me like two years just to get the money to do a screenplay. And I got a little tiny amount of money and—which I had to go actually to the Cannes Film Festival to get on my own. So finally I got this money. I called back and I said, you know, “I got the money. We can start working on the screenplay.” And they said, “Oh, we don’t want to do that now. We’ve got our own low-budget picture off the ground and we can’t write it.” I said, “Oh no.” I said, “What am I going to do? I am in Europe and I’m not going to be back for like three months and I want to get this thing off the ground.” So they recommended another student from school that I knew pretty well. I had a story treatment that laid out the entire story scene by scene, so I called him over the phone from London and I said, “Do you want to do this?” And he said, “Okay.” The person I was working with at that time as a producer made a deal with him for the whole money because there wasn’t very much. It was so tiny that he could only get him to do it for the whole amount of money. When I came back from England, the screenplay was a completely different screenplay from the story treatment. It was more like 'Hot Rods to Hell' (1967). It was very fantasy-like, with playing chicken and things that kids didn’t really do. I wanted something that was more like the way I grew up. So I took that and I said, “Okay. Now here I am. I’ve got a deal to turn in a screenplay. I’ve got a screenplay that is just not the kind of screenplay I want at all and I have no money.” And, I spent the very last money I had saved up to go to Europe to make the deal, so I had nothing. That was a very dark period for me so I sat down myself and wrote the screenplay. After I did 'American Graffiti', and it was successful, it was a big moment for me because I really did sit down with myself and say, “Okay, now I am a director. Now I know I can get a job. I can work in this industry, and apply my trade, and express my ideas on things and be creative in a way that I enjoy. Even if I end up doing TV commercials or something, or I fall back into what I really love is documentaries. I’ll be able to do it. I know I can get a job somewhere. I know I can raise money somewhere. I know I can do what I want to do.” That was a very good feeling. At that point, I’d made it. There wasn’t anything in my life that was going to stop me from making movies." ('‘American Graffiti’ at 52: A Sentimentally Affectionate Look at America Before the Collective Loss of Innocence', Sven Mikulec, Cinephilia & Beyond)

DepressedBergman

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“The word “layover” can mean a stop between destinations, but to me, it’s expressing that my life is not a straight path. I want to say: I can make this kind of music, but I also like many other styles. [..] I genuinely love music with all my heart, and Layover is that representation of me”
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“The word “layover” can mean a stop between destinations, but to me, it’s expressing that my life is not a straight path. I want to say: I can make this kind of music, but I also like many other styles. [..] I genuinely love music with all my heart, and Layover is that representation of me”

TG

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