Making something and sending it out into the world and then people not only responding to it but adopting it for their own and making a separate thing for it, that’s beautiful. It just shows you how much you can affect other people… the butterfly effect of everything you put out into the world. Marketa Irglova Read Quote
Music has always been a part of me and art in general. I love visual art as well. Marketa Irglova Read Quote
With film, it’s all about the actor being able to feel the things that the character’s feeling. It must do some strange things to your mind. Music I find much easier because you’re being honest about where you are as a person. Marketa Irglova Read Quote
As long as I focus on what I feel and don’t worry about where I’m going, it works out. Having no expectations but being open to everything is what makes wonderful things happen. If I don’t worry, there’s no obstruction and life flows easily. It sounds impractical, but ‘Expect nothing; be open to everything’ is really all it is. Marketa Irglova Read Quote
When I moved to New York, I felt very strong emotionally and mentally. Aside from touring, I’d spent a couple of years alone and because of that, I was able to go out in the world again. Marketa Irglova Read Quote
The idea of celebrity has always been very strange to me because it’s taking the focus away from the music and attaching it to a person. When we put someone on a pedestal or idolize them, we’re giving our own power away. Marketa Irglova Read Quote
Some writing is a really nice solitary process, in a way, because you can be a little self-conscious around other people. If it’s just you, and you’re at your favorite piano, or whatever instrument, and you feel comfortable, then somehow, I always feel like it’s opening a door and letting whatever is to pass through pass. Marketa Irglova Read Quote
Often times, I’m surprised by what I’m writing or what I’m playing, and then that inspires me to keep going with it, so it ends up being a very adventurous process. Marketa Irglova Read Quote
