Quotes About Artistry

I just wanted to work with David Lynch.

Beastie Boys and David Bowie are two of my favorite artists.

David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

I'd like to work with David Lynch again.

I will be working with David Lynch when I'm 80.

Working with David Lynch, rules go out the door.

David Lynch helped me be cool.

You must always watch when David Lynch makes anything.

I just write from dawn to dusk.

It never dawned on me I would do anything but show business.

Since day one my thing has always been to play the music.

To see fans singing our songs and loving them and dancing or crying to some of them, it feels like the first time you ever played it. It really gets to you, like day one.

Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had.

I write because it feels good, and I don't have a deadline, and I don't have people telling me what they want me to write. Maybe if I did, I wouldn't be very good at it.

If I can make people forget whatever they're dealing with for an hour and a half, two hours every night, that's nice.

I don't need the money, dear. I work for art.

Even though we didn't actually record it as the Move I had already written a song called 'Dear Elaine', which I subsequently put on the Boulders album. I thought at the time that was probably the best song I'd written.

'Pain' is more indicative of what I like to do. I'm lyric-conscious. I like to tell stories, give advice. Instead of writing a 'Dear Abby' column, I do it on records.

I think I've made some pretty decent films in the '80s and '90s.

It's nice if people ask to use your song. You have to make a decision as an artist how you feel about that.

There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.

My dad's an amazing carpenter and he does painting and decorating.

The more time you have, you should dedicate it to do creative work.

'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.