If you’re doing anything artsy, the rest of the world’s job is to say whether it’s any good or not. Because you’re making art. You’re trying to be a magician. You’re trying to create a unicorn. If you put out something that’s like just a horn taped to a goat, people are going to say, ‘Nah, that’s not a fucking unicorn, man.’ People are going to tell you you suck most of the time, but a couple of other people might be like, ‘I don’t know man. That might be a fucking unicorn.’

Matt Berninger, frontman The National, bij The Creative Independent