Creativity Quote by Josh Silver

It lands like a shrug, and that’s the point. Josh Silver isn’t offering a carefully packaged opinion; he’s performing a kind of polite dismissal that musicians use when they’re asked to validate a scene they don’t feel attached to. “No” opens with soft resistance, but it’s immediately padded by “I’m sure,” a phrase that pretends certainty while actually stepping back from the obligation to engage. The sentence is almost comically noncommittal: “a lot of” is vague, “out there” creates distance, and “L.A. bands” becomes a category he won’t dignify with specifics.

The intent reads as boundary-setting. It’s the conversational equivalent of refusing a link in the chain: you want him to name names, endorse peers, or slot himself into the mythology of Los Angeles as a music factory. Instead, he dodges the premise. Subtext: the scene is big enough to be real, but not interesting enough (to him) to be worth detailing; or, more strategically, he’s declining to create headlines that turn into feuds, co-signs, or unwanted affiliations.

Context matters because “L.A. band” is rarely neutral. It can imply industry proximity, image-first aesthetics, or a certain sheen of manufactured cool. Silver’s understated response pushes against that branding logic. It’s a musician’s quiet reminder that scenes are often marketing containers, and not every artist wants to be shelved inside them. The wit isn’t in a punchline; it’s in how expertly he says almost nothing while still communicating: don’t make me your spokesperson for Los Angeles.