sarah @st0psarah - Tumblr Blog

First of all, you’re not normal. People in this room have out-of-the-blue anxiety attacks. Because you’re an artist! And it’s real. It’s very real. Why, when I get turned on, do I get BOOM turned on? Why, when I laugh, do I have a laughing fit? Why, when I’m sad, do I not let stuff go? That’s the negative stuff. You can also ask yourself, why can I see things that aren’t there and in 35 minutes I could have a song I could keep forever? They’re both crazy. It’s absolutely crazy and it’s a very difficult thing to balance, but it’s about balance.

John Mayer (via findabeautifulmind)

itsjennyjenjen

If I were to play a C and a C# right next to each other, it’ll probably sound like those notes clash. But if I take the C up an octave and play the C# and the C again, all of a sudden it sounds beautiful. The same two notes. That C becomes a major 7th to the C# which is a key element that makes a chord almost too beautiful. Too nice sounding. So how can these same two notes sound bad and clashing in one instance and beautiful in another? When we see something horrible or awful in life, maybe we’re just viewing it in the wrong octave. Maybe we can change our perspective and find a way to change our viewpoint, or in musical terms, change our octave.

Victor Wooten (via itsjennyjenjen)