Quotes About Artistry

Any of us directing at Pixar, whether it's our first time or not, feel a lot of pressure to not make a bad Pixar film.

I just write songs and hope that they do well. I'm sure there is some pressure from someone at the label, but I'd rather keep away from it.

I've made money, and I've been ripped off. I've had creative freedom, and I've been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.

What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

I don't presume to describe myself as a creator anymore, but I certainly love the process, and I hope I can do a lot of great things for the talent who are in and around DC.

It's hard to maintain a life when you do a play. You feel you have to pretend to go through a normal day, knowing that in the evening you'll be doing this.

I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I'm someone else.

Writers who pretend that everything they're doing is completely new are full of it.

When I perform on stage, I often pretend to be someone other than myself to bring a certain emotion or intent to a song.

As much as we like to pretend we're just getting on stage and whatever, it's like, no, I practiced in front of the mirror my whole life.

Authors make stuff up. Let's not pretend it's any more magical than that.

I like being someone else. 'A Prince' is not about me, but I can pretend for the three minutes of the track. It's great being able to do that, 'cos I enjoy telling stories.

I've always made music on my own, but I didn't think there was a platform for that, so I thought I had to pretend it was a band.

I think performers who pretend fashion doesn't matter are huge liars.

It has been a pleasure to play with all these artists. Pretenders was a real highlight, but also Damon, aka Badly Drawn Boy, Sinead... Ian Brown... all of these people I learn from and love to work with.

There are artists in Belgium who try to imitate American artists. But it's like, if you're Belgian pretending to be American, you won't be better than the American because you aren't American. You have to do your own stuff.

There's no point pretending that all of Martha Graham's pieces are equally strong.

It's not like I'm pretending to be Freddie Mercury.

Hip-hop is not about pretense. You can be missing an eye; you can have an ice-cream cone in your face; you can run around with Bantu knots; you can decide to wear gold, all everything. It's not about how you look - it's about what you say. It's about what message you're getting across.

Musicians always come off sounding a little bit pretentious, and a little bit... I don't know, hypocritical, from what they do, talking about strong issues.

Perfection isn't everything, some mistakes are pretty groovy.

Music is really important to me; Kurt Cobain is important to me. Hearing Nirvana was pretty life-changing.

I was a pretty good imitator of Roy Acuff, but then I found out they already had a Roy Acuff, so I started singin' like myself.

I'm pretty good at delivering my songs, but I just want to perfect the craft by creating melodies.