Cory Chisel – HuffPost 7.2.12

Mike Ragogna: Cory, what advice do you have for new artists?

Cory Chisel: The thing I can say wholeheartedly is that it’s a worthy life to live, to spend pursuing making art and the hope of making the world more beautiful. There’ll be thousands of reasons to not do this job as far as not making money and not being recognized, but the best thing I can tell you is a job that’s healing you every time you give something to it is a great way to live your life. Anything that’s wrong about this career can be fixed by the same means. I can get up on stage and take care of myself.

MR: That’s really a beautiful way to put that. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anybody say that in all the times I’ve asked this question.

CC: Well, that’s certainly been the most obvious reason to continue doing it in my life. It’s restorative. It brings you back from whatever it puts you through.

MR: Right, the cathartic element, and I guess that’s why people have music as the soundtrack of their lives.

CC: Yeah, it’s a food that you need. It’s a substance that has great power. There are ways you can get disillusioned by deciding to do this job and have an expectation that it pays for the place you’re going to live in and those things can be really critical. But the best part is that you can still ease any of those worries with the same thing just by writing a song about it or getting it out through that.