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Most of my best ideas come from misunderstanding other ideas. One thing I'd add to this: Replicate work that you respect and appreciate, not work that seems to
by chrisdevereux 13y ago
Most of my best ideas come from misunderstanding other ideas.
One thing I'd add to this: Replicate work that you respect and appreciate, not work that seems to be successful. To me, that's the difference between copying and stealing in the often-quoted "Great artists steal..." line.
- namenotrequired 13y agoThis is my exact experience as well. I used to experience it as a songwriter too - finding a new interpretation to a line in a song I liked was my favourite source of inspiration for my own songs.