Quotes About Artistry

As an independent artist, there can be nothing better than the fact that your song will be played and heard in different corners of the world.

Honestly, I think it's kind of corny to sit and watch your own work.

I may sound like a corny bastard, but I love fashion.

Some of our stuff ends up looking too corporate. I'm going to be a lot stricter from now on.

You've got to really check on what you're doing: check and recheck it seven other times to be prepared. Sometimes, people get carried away with the artistic-ness of the endeavor and don't quite have their game face on when the time comes. It's always a pretty costly mistake.

I'm thinking about entering a Marilyn Manson costume contest to see if I lose.

I wanted to prove to people that I can make great costumes.

Sometimes I just do costumes, sometimes I just do fashion, and sometimes I blend the two.

The costumes had to serve the choreography.

Live performances always feel like such a moment with all of the costumes and theatrics.

I really miss wearing costumes and makeup.

I've been dancing and wearing costumes my whole life, so there's that sexiness to who I am that I enjoy.

The artist knows how to sing, not how to count.

I've always wanted to sing country music.

I don't think country music needs saving from anything.

Every time I tried writing my own songs, they would come out very country. I couldn't fight it, and the more I listened to country music, the more I loved it, and it just became very natural.

I listen to everything. I sing country music, but I listen to different stuff.

I really truly believe I found my identity with country music.

I love country music.

I do love country music. And a real musician.

Alcoholism and country music are both tremendous aids to self-dramatisation.

That's my heart, I feel like I began and will die in country music.

Back when I first started in country music, you did it because you loved it, because it definitely wasn't where the big money was.

I'm not trying to claim I'm a country singer, but I do love country music.