Quotes About Artistry

I remember thinking that writing love songs was stupid and cliche, and that my job was to not write love songs, because there are enough of them.

There's no rule that says you have to make records constantly, like clockwork, to continue being who you are.

When you're writing, it's as if you're within a kind of closed world.

See what I do is I book a studio that's closed down and I go by myself. No one's in there, literally just me and the engineer.

My heart is closer to acting than singing. It's always been that way.

The people I'm inspired by and I listen to are all ballsy, and I feel like I'm closer to an artist when they're open and honest.

I was always a closet blues player.

Let's be honest, 'Ginza' doesn't really have lyrics to speak of. It's a party track - a party for reggaetoneros to come out of the closet.

My approach is simple. It is nothing other than what I am thinking at the time I make each piece of clothing, whether I think it is strong and beautiful. The result is something that other people decide.

I see different artists making clothing lines and people respected it.

With 'Clout Cobain,' when I made the song, I knew what I wanted to say. But I was gonna say it in a way where people could understand it.

I'm an actor, not a clown.

A clown's makeup and character, that's all he has to sell. He loves and believes in that character.

I get all dressed up in fuchsia, looking like a clown, and show pretty pictures to people.

I've made club songs, and I've made radio songs, and I've made the car songs.

I do like Burial; he's so curiously clumsy, you can't help but be moved. It's so un-Hollywood, and the rhythms are so un-danceable.

I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.

Sometimes, I want to make a record that's so schizophrenic and so all over the place, and then other times, I want to make a record that's very coherent and very short and together.

For a long time, I have loved Coldplay and I have always enjoyed listening to their music.

It'd be cool to do something with Coldplay, and Ryan Tedder's amazing.

Colin Blunstone did a cover of one of my songs, and the reason I liked it was he changed it completely from my version.

I'd love to collaborate with Drake. I think he's awesome.

I kind of make music where and when I can, and I guess that's why I collaborate so much.

I want to collaborate with different artists.