Quotes About Artistry

It's about the music, not the color of the person playing the music.

When you're playing, you're playing something for the world to hear.

I actually don't like playing the piano or conducting the orchestra.

Playing guitar is not a beauty contest.

We need improvement in the style of performance. There is no more advantage in a musician who plays and conducts than in one who is only a beater of rhythm.

Characters don't belong to anyone, not even the person who plays them.

Skrillex is dope. He plays everything. It's amazing what he does.

My fault now is making my plays too short.

I am just a guy who plays drums.

I've known Shawn for several years. And he's just an amazing talent. He's a great writer, a marvelous, marvelous guitar player, and plays really good fiddle.

It doesn't necessarily mean at all that the composer plays his own works best.

I'd love to do some new plays.

I've always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians.

Shakespeare was very political, but he was also a fabulous entertainer. That's where his genius comes in as a playwright.

The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of course the measure of the man will be the measure of the play.

Being a playwright of any race is difficult, and Lord knows it gets more difficult the further you get from the middle of the road. I don't know what kind of magic my mojo is working, but it's working.

When I was 16, I created this online platform for female artists. I messaged women who I loved; that's how I got work and connected with people. You don't need to plead for entry into a system that doesn't want you anyway.

To have a film where there's an evil figure and a good person fights against the evil figure and everything becomes a happy ending, that's one way to make a film. But then that means you have to draw, as an animator, the evil figure. And it's not very pleasant to draw evil figures.

I can't help other people's frustrations. I don't owe people anything. If people would like to come to my concerts, I'd love them to come. And if they like the music that I make, I love that, too. But I do not make music for other people. I make it to please myself.

All any artist can do is please themselves.

I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.

I can't shout, I can't cry convincingly, and please don't make me dance.

Please don't compare me with Taher Shah. He is a joker, while I am an artiste - I am a model and an actress. Taher Shah comes, makes people laugh, and goes away. I work with a lot of honesty.

I know I'm not gonna please everybody when I make a record. I don't let that affect any of my decisions.