Miguel

I think at any point, as an artist, whatever the medium - just having an audience means the world.

I associate creativity with independent music.

When I'm a part of someone else's creative process, it's all about facilitating their ideas and hopefully bringing their perspective and making it a part of a song.

For me, the creative process for me always starts in a personal place. I step away from my iPod or any records or CDs.

I think that the best part of music is when it comes from a real place and has an ability to kind of connect on a much larger scale. It no longer is a personal thing, it becomes everyone else's thing as well.