Quotes About Artistic

We try our best every time to make engaging films that we're interested in, and we just hope the rest of the world likes them.

No, I won't ever write another 'Lily Bard.' I said everything I had to say about Lily.

I really like a lot of American country stuff, so my music has that influence, but I don't like to be set within a genre. It feels very limiting.

'Cerebus' is my attempt at a literary work.

My dream was always to be on the production side of things. Even as a little kid, when my dad would bring me to the studio, I always loved that.

Whatever I think the song sounds like is what I'll name it. It's a feeling thing; it's not logical at all.

I do think you get lonelier and lonelier being an artist as you get older.

For me, making films is about trying to work something out by myself in quite a lonely way. I find the whole thing very lonely really.

I don't write as much now as I used to, but I write. The lines still come, maybe periodically, and I'll go through these little bursts of time where I write a lot of things then a long period of time where maybe I don't write anything.

I never really made a full album in Los Angeles before.

I've always seen my drumming as lyrical anyway.

I find lyrics can come at any time during the day, as can music.

I really like writing poetry and lyrics because it's one thing where I give up control. I don't feel like I need to be in control of it. I just sort of let it happen, and then I know when it's done. I know when it's finished.

I often use the word 'magical' to talk about what it feels like on set.

When I work, I think mainly in terms of dramatic choices.

I sort of straddle the line... between personal movies and mainstream Hollywood.

Maybe I should be making more mainstream films if I want to get some money.

Getting the chance at 40 to make up stories that other people would draw and other people would then read is pretty weird.

Artistic development made me who I am. Somebody took the time to help me find what it is that works for me as an entertainer and who I am as a music maker.

I've always been interested in making movies.

I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days after seeing it, and not entertainment that is completely forgettable the moment you walk out of the theater.

I'm always making movies for my audiences, but I'm not trying to meet their expectations.

I love making movies that I want to see made and I want to see on the screen, but I also want to make movies that people enjoy and want to watch.

When you keep things responsible and manageable, you can make some interesting movies that you maybe couldn't make otherwise.