Jacob Kelly

My interview with @GaryVee is now live! This interview has been years in the making, and I'm so excited to finally be able to share it with you 👉 thejacobkelly.com/interviews/gar…

The simpler the presentation, the easier the message can get across. The simpler the presentation, the more complex it is to create.

@dannymcmahon If there’s no chance of failure you’re playing it too safe

My next video has a 50/50 chance of being my best ever or my worst ever and I think that’s the best approach every time

The beginning of your story isn’t just about hooking your audience, it’s about setting the tone. The audience is able to pick up on the quality, the type of artist you are, and the style of story they’ve signed up for all in the opening moments. Make them count.

@shaiyanhkhan It's called ✨range✨

jokes to meet Twitter people irl and half are like “I like your writing” and the other half are like “you tweet some weird shit man”…let a mf contain multitudes

To make one good song a month. JUST ONE GOOD SONG. He has the expectation that 99% of what he makes won’t be good but if he can make one good song a month then by the end of the year he has an album. His belief is: “You have to write a lot of shit ones to get the good ones.”

Everything you make isn’t going to be great… that’s not bad, that’s expected. Ed Sheeran is one of the biggest artists in the world, he spends seven hours a day in the studio, 10:00am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday. That’s 35 hours a week writing and recording songs. His goal is... 🧵

Deadlines force you to cut that which is unnecessary so you can focus on the things that are.

Striving for perfection in your art is a good thing but unchecked is when it becomes a problem. It is when you are striving to perfect things that don't actually make your art better that it becomes a hinderance to getting your art in the world.

How setting deadlines helps you perfect your art 👌 Setting deadlines is an important part of your process as an artist. Deadlines force you to confront your work and get clear on what actually matters 🧵

Promoting your art is just as important as making your art. If you put in a lot of effort and no one consumes what you've made then there is no art, only effort.

In a world where so much feels the same, don't be afraid to things that don't make sense.

@zachpogrob The only games worth playing are infinite

Life begins when you find a mission that never ends

That work ethic has never left Ed, and is the reason he has become one of the biggest artist in the world.

"I was just like, if I play every night of the week, maybe two times a night, maybe three times a night, and I'm just doing that every day, eventually I'll get really good. And that is what happened after a while.”

This advice @edsheeran got from his Dad helped him become a star: 🧵