The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the natural flow of creativity and the importance of being open to inspiration.
Xavier Rudd expresses the idea that true artistic creation is an organic process, where music is not forced but rather allowed to emerge freely. He highlights the significance of holding space for creativity without the constraint of predetermined purposes, and he takes pride in using his music as a vehicle for change and conveying messages he believes in deeply.
In practice
In a speech about creativity, you could use this quote to illustrate the beauty of letting art flow naturally.
Actors in any capacity, artists of any stripe, are inspired by their curiosity, by their desire to explore all quarters of life, in light and in dark, and reflect what they find in their work. Artists instinctively want to reflect humanity, their own and each other's, in all its intermittent virtue and vitality, frailty and fallibility.
I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of
Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me write about places more distant than Florida, but I can tell you things about Florida and alligators, let you make the connection all on your own.
Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its merit.
The idea comes to me from outside of me - and is like a gift. I then take the idea and make it my own - that is where the skill lies.
When the writer (or the artist in general) says he has worked without giving any thought to the rules of the process, he simply means he was working without realizing he knew the rules.
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