Quotes About Artistry

I don't like the idea of 'classical crossover,' even if sometimes I see this category given to what I'm doing.

We were copying lots of bands, like Avett Brothers and Old Crow Medicine Show.

You're playing for yourself. And if you're not playing for yourself, you're an entertainer, doing it for the crowd.

I don't know how to get a crowd singing along. That's not what my music does.

It's couture. Everything has to be done by hand. That is most important. That is the crucial element. Without it, that is not couture anymore.

I learned it was crucial to play right on the edge of the beat... It makes you drive the song more. You're ahead of the beat, but you're not.

I'm an entertainer: I want to make people laugh, cry. I want to move them.

I played crying people in corsets for a long time, but I went into acting to be a character actor.

I know it's working when I'm writing a book if I'm laughing or crying.

I want to cultivate my own sound in my own atmosphere, where the clock is not running.

You create this human being, and then you are that human being for the next six months. It's amazing. I think that's the blessing and the curse of being an actor. You get to be pretty much anything you want to be.

I've never been good at rock'n'roll songs, anyway; either I'm blessed or I'm cursed, but whatever I write comes out sounding old.

Poiret made clothes for individual customers, but I wouldn't like to make a dress just for its own sake.

I'm not some cute guy who is trying to be successful off that. I really want the music to come first.

I think all of The Beatles were from an era when certainly playing was important to them, and they were cutting edge. But for all time, they're master composers.

If you're an artist, it's great to have a knowledge of the business and be educated about that, but you've got to keep the balance right between business and artistry; otherwise, you get cynical.

All my kids play guitar, sing, and dabble with writing.

I don't think you should ever damage other people for your art.

I'm not going to do anything that will damage my voice because my voice is my career and singing is my passion. I was singing in the cot and I'll still be singing when they're nailing down my coffin.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?

When we did 'Air Dance,' I thought we were actually quite courageous doing that because it's not necessarily quote-unquote a Black Sabbath song. But I don't give a damn about that because it is part of Black Sabbath; it is a Black Sabbath song.

I listen to Steely Dan. I really like Steely Dan.

I have worked with several dance companies.

I started taking voice when I was six and dance classes every day - I just couldn't get enough.