‘Inspiration exists but it has to find you working’

This Pablo Picasso quote makes a lot of sense.

I believe one of the reasons I have a job as a songwriter / producer is that I sit down and work at it every single day regardless of how I feel.

The romantic image of a poet sitting in a room ,holding a flower with a dreamy look on his face and waiting for the inspiration to strike is what it is: a romantic image.

The thing is, in the art world, a piece is good when you don’t see the work.

An artist is cool when what he does seems effortless.

Music is something non-musicians associate with good times, relaxing times, emotional times, introspection times…anything but work.

When I say to most people that I’m working as a musician and