Quotes About Artistry

I write constantly about everything.

I feel a lot more comfortable being me these days. I'm constantly told that my work is good. A lot of fans and a lot of other artists say my songs and albums mean a lot to them. Isn't that what's important?

Because, when I'm making music, I don't think about anything, you know? All I think about is what I want to hear. So that for me is what I want - I want my head to be constantly being rearranged.

I guess the bottom line is I don't make music that is consumed en masse.

When I'm given a role, I'm consumed by a passion to bring to life a character that exists only on paper. I mull over the character for days and internalise his feelings.

I'm involved in all things musical. It's all consuming, even if it doesn't necessarily manifest as a record or a concert.

I work in a very contained environment, usually.

I would be content if I had nothing but a tape-recorder. I could still write songs and record them.

The kind of content I want to be part of is hardly made.

Not content, but the road the artist takes, is the interesting part.

I can see me continuing to make the best music I can, and let the chips fall where they may.

I think there are records that will sell, and I think what makes a record sell is a continuity of sound.

I really like when the lyrics in the music have an interesting relationship between one another - where they contrast each other.

I can contribute to the field of music, I would not have been able to contribute to the field of engineering.

I've been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.

I like the idea that my audience doesn't see what I do as controversial.

I have never written out of a desire to be controversial.

The greatest artists were in a situation where they had to pay their bills. That's a very convenient way to get very creative very fast.

I think I'm a difficult conventional writer.

How can I be happy when my songs are converted into a circus?

We know how to convey exactly what we want to convey. We know how it makes us feel and we know exactly how to show our fans how to feel the same way.

If actors are trying to convey, in a smart way, the context of the scene, that becomes too self-conscious.

Some actors merely have to appear before the camera and they are able to convey exactly what the director wants.

Songs are not on a conveyor belt. I'm not chopping them up and putting them out.