Imogen Heap Professions : Singer-songwriter Born : December 9, 1977 Browse All Authors Top 34 quotes by Imogen Heap I just try to do day to day. I'm really bad like that. People get annoyed with me for not thinking far enough in advance. Not having these big, grand goals. There's so much going on in the present. I have trouble dealing with anything longer than that. Imogen Heap goal people thinking The gloves are like a second skin. They are part of me. An extension of me. I become hyperreal. Imogen Heap gloves extensions skins I just love crafting and shaping sounds... I like to breathe my own life into these sounds Imogen Heap breathe my-own sound Everything stems from real experiences but I do also have a very vivid imagination. A song lyric gets easily carried away with itself and can end up somewhere I'd never have predicted. Imogen Heap vivid-imagination real song I never had any social life, just played the piano and studied, studied, studied. Imogen Heap social-life piano social My grand plan is that I can master having a better life by making sure I have a regular flow of songs. Then I can give myself time to tour or celebrate or write a film score. Imogen Heap writing song giving Oily marks appear on walls / Where pleasure moments hung before Imogen Heap wall pleasure moments I'm never gonna go into a studio and work for a whole year non-stop. Just every day on my own in the studio working, it's just too damn hard. Imogen Heap working-it damn years When I finish a song, I never feel like I want to restrict its life. I feel that once I've done something, it's out. It's in people's ears, cars, headphones. It has its own journey. Imogen Heap car journey song Inspiration hits me at the most annoying times. Like when I am on my bicycle going back home from the studio at 3 a.m.. I've many crackly recordings into my mobile phone practically inaudible from the wind rushing into the handset! Imogen Heap phones inspiration home I get so fed up with the making of an album taking over my life - it's all I can think about or talk about. You find yourself in a rut and lacking inspiration and it's hard to get out of that because I'm working alone in the studio. Imogen Heap finding-yourself inspiration thinking Once I actually get in the studio and I start working, I'm fine, but it's just getting there and these hours of torment with myself and self doubt, thinking 'I'm useless' and 'Who am I, conning myself into thinking I can do it again.' Imogen Heap self doubt thinking I just love crafting and shaping sounds. Actually, many of the sounds that I work with start off as organic instruments - guitar, piano, clarinet, etc. But I do love the rigidity of electronic drums. Imogen Heap piano guitar sound I took my life in my hands and social media has just helped me do that more. Imogen Heap media social hands It's been so amazing. I've always struggled with this barrier that I felt like I'd had up until blogging came along. Just one comment from somebody really sparks something in me. It doesn't need to be this huge war between me and the listeners anymore. I really thrive on that. Imogen Heap sparks war needs Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself. Imogen Heap listening people thinking On YouTube you can tell what countries are watching and I've definitely noted a strong Australian following. You can plan your tours around where the love is on Twitter and YouTube - before, you couldn't tell. Imogen Heap you strong love-is love I'm interested in creating a little sound world for songs, really crafting it, building it, and making it like a little doll's house with little things inside it, staircases and rooms and everything kind of relates to everything else. I've never seen it as drums, bass, guitar and vocals in very separate spaces. Imogen Heap little-things building guitar world Even though the popularity and the fanbase is much much greater, and more people have heard about me through things like the Grammys and the Ivors and touring and word of mouth, it doesn't reflect in the sales of the record and doesn't go into my pocket. Imogen Heap mouth go me people So many venues are owned by these various different ticketing and promoting people, and they're all in bed with one another. It's no secret over here. Imogen Heap bed different secret people Similar Authors Bill Anderson singer-songwriter Bill Kaulitz singer-songwriter Bob Whitlock singer-songwriter Bob Weir singer-songwriter Brent Smith singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie singer-songwriter All Authors
