Michael Angelakos Quotes

#1. I'm a perfectionist; there's always something we need to improve upon, and I think that's a really healthy model for artistic growth and progressing. I'm not ready for a masterpiece.

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#2. I've told people that I don't see myself living very long. That really upsets them, but I'm just being honest.

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#3. I hated the blog hype and how fast everything was happening. It didn't feel natural to me. But at the same time, what's more natural than thousands of people sharing your music because they just really like it?

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#4. I became really creative around the time I started understanding that people could be creative with music and that that was allowed. I stated taking piano lessons at age five, but I never did what my piano teacher told me to do. I would just do whatever I wanted.

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#5. The minute you feel like you've completed something you lose that momentum. I've learned how to avoid that. That's the bottom line.

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#6. Music is one of the few things I'm relatively good at, one of the things I understand a little better than everything else.

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