Colin McGrath

“I’m convinced the dreams we have for ourselves go unattained from a lack of permission more than any deficit in talent or desire. And I’m going to stress again that when I say “permission,” I mean the permission we withhold or give ourselves to pursue those dreams.”
― Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song

“It’s just a matter of telling yourself that your creation is OK, no matter what it is.”
― Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song

“The door is open. Go.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Sentence

“The easiest way to do art is to dispense with success and failure altogether and just get on with it,”
― Kenny Werner, Effortless Mastery