Quotes About Artistry

I make films from the heart. I want to concentrate on the job of doing great and honest performances, and I'm gonna get better with every performance of mine, with every film of mine.

I will concentrate on playing guitar, on lyrics and on singing. I am a part of things; I am not the encompassing 'Smog.'

Anything you spend a long time on, of course it would be nice if everyone likes it. But I think the strength that we've got is that we always concentrate on what we want it to be like and not really trying to please other people.

A real active music set, based and really concentrated on what the music's all about. That's what I'm all about - singing and a really good strong music set.

Music requires a lot of attention and concentration.

I don't do concept records anymore - I just prefer doing good songs.

The fact that I could sing in a way that might not be right for RADA but is right for me was a brand-new concept.

I like to make songs that are based on concepts.

I'm really involved when it comes to creating the video concepts.

My main concern is getting out an album that I feel really proud of.

Zhang Yimou is always going to need young, pretty girls for his films. But I don't really concern myself with what Zhang Yimou's next starlet looks like.

A lot of my songs are about things that concern me personally, not a heightened version of myself or any of the characters that I play.

Most of the people I know in bands, all they are concerned about is getting to do the next record.

Ever since I was little, I was so infatuated with everything concerning the arts.

Every week we have a concert, what we are performing is my favorite music in the world.

I would never put any growl on my voice in concert - it's not the kind of music I sing.

I went to a Buddy Guy concert when I was, like, seven years old.

If you told me I could only do one thing, I would choose live concerts.

Playing characters allows me to do things I may not always do, while singing in concerts allows me to really find my own voice and grow.

At concerts I felt demeaned, like a vaudevillian.

As long as I can write songs, make a record and do concerts, I'm really quite happy.

The conclusion I came to was that even if I couldn't sell books, I still liked the process of writing.

That's what I do: I'm a singer. I have many arrangers, but I usually conduct for myself.

I really want to get better at conducting.