Quotes About Artistry

We wanted to make a living, but success was creating a song that we enjoyed playing. Quite honestly, that is still a measure of success for us.

I'm far more interested in putting a little more meat into the lyrics than some people are.

You can create some soul out of something that's electronic or mechanical.

It's become uncool to play other people's songs, and that's absurd. It has got to change. It's the reason why everything's so mediocre.

My biggest fear as an actor is being involved in something mediocre, or being mediocre myself.

The thing I love about music is, if you do it long enough, you get better and better at translating what's in your head to a medium. That's why I keep doing it.

I'm drawn to people rather than mediums - directors, writers, actors.

When you're a writer, your song has to resonate with the person you're writing for in order for them to want to sing it. But if you're an artist, you can sing whatever you want.

I am so lucky that I have been part of and written songs that will always resonate no matter how old they get.

Money is a resource for me and it is needed to make music.

I feel like a celebrity is someone who sits and takes pictures with people 'cause they love themselves and how they look and how people look at them. But I just want to be regular and respected for my artistry because music doesn't necessarily have a face.

I think that, for us, the thing that no one can take away from you is that if you make something that they've never heard before, they're gonna respond to that. They may not love it, it may not be their favourite thing, but no one can take different from you.

I sense people respond more to the honest approach to making music instead of the manufactured approach.

At the end of the day, I just like to make the best music that I can make and put it out to the world and see how they respond to it.

I think when you play a negative character you cannot restrict yourself. You can go wild.

I'm not going to restrict myself as an artist.

Art and cinema is not restricted to any language.

If you're applying for a creative position, don't be afraid to get a little creative on your resume.

Actors can't retire. What would they do?

I don't mind going out to do my shows but I can still retreat back into my own private world, you know? And that is very key.

Sometimes I think it's the responsibility of the artist to reveal a little more of themselves.

People are gonna listen to the music whether or not I reveal myself.

Watching somebody sing reveals a lot about character.

I want to keep 'A Star Is Born' with the greatest reverence ever.