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- 288 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Creative Quest
Questlove
About This Book
NAMED AMOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018 BY Esquire âą PopSugar âąThe Huffington Postâą Buzzfeed âą Publishers Weekly
A unique new guide to creativity from Questloveâinspirations, stories, and lessons on how to live your best creative life
Questloveâmusician, bandleader, designer, producer, culinary entrepreneur, professor, and all-around cultural omnivoreâshares his wisdom on the topics of inspiration and originality in a one-of-a-kind guide to living your best creative life.
In Creative Quest, Questlove synthesizes all the creative philosophies, lessons, and stories he's heard from the many creators and collaborators in his life, and reflects on his own experience, to advise readers and fans on how to consider creativity and where to find it. He addresses many topicsâwhat it means to be creative, how to find a mentor and serve as an apprentice, the wisdom of maintaining a creative network, coping with critics and the foibles of success, and the specific pitfalls of contemporary cultureâall in the service of guiding admirers who have followed his career and newcomers not yet acquainted with his story.
Whether discussing his own life or channeling the lessons he's learned from forefathers such as George Clinton, collaborators like D'Angelo, or like-minded artists including Ava DuVernay, David Byrne, Björk, and others, Questlove speaks with the candor and enthusiasm that fans have come to expect. Creative Quest is many thingsâabove all, a wise and wide-ranging conversation around the eternal mystery of creativity.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Spark
- Mentors and (Apprentices)
- Getting Started . . .
- The Network
- Reduce Reuse Recycle
- Curation as Cure
- The Departure
- The Market
- Success and Failure
- No End
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on the Cover
- Index
- About the Authors
- Copyright
- About the Publisher