All music is escapism for me, but I like the way that, on a good night, that sense of escapism can be shared.
Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.
People talk about escapism as though it's something nasty but escapism is wonderful!
Parents, preachers, and politicians think rock music is the source of young people's despair. They don't understand it's just a reflection. They also forget that music can be a source of hope, a reason to live.
I am always writing a potpourri of music. I want to give the world escapism through the wonder of great music and to reach the masses.
Music is escapism, it's entertainment.
Because one of the properties of music is to entertain and to, I don't mean this lightly, distract us from the things that pull us down. Music should be not only a source for political ideas but also a source of hope.
Jimi Hendrix's music was escapism.
I think that you have to bear in mind that music is about escape, and it's not unreasonable to think the music business would be based around escapism.
I wondered why people consider escapism so bad, even the escapism on display right then. At first it might appear unseemly, but in the end its lack of pretension gives it its own sort of beauty.
It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
I always wanted to be able to buy nice things, but the appeal of music was the escapism.
I think what makes Narnia a magical place is that it offers escapism - escapism from a world that is so different from the reality known by the characters and the reality known by the fans.
Music is escapism from the grim realities of life. But then as soon as you escape into the music, from my point of view, I found I had to deal with the very things that I thought I was running away from. I wanted to hit those problems on the head and resolve them. So they didn't remain as issues in my psyche.
I just enjoyed telling stories. I enjoyed watching films and reading and becoming someone else. I spent a lot of time on my own when I was younger; I enjoyed my own company and still do, so it was a source of escapism.
People want fun and escapism at the moment. Look at the success of Guardians of the Galaxy. I think Nolan kick-started a very dark, bleak style of superhero escapism, and I think people have had enough of it.