Quotes About Artistry

Whenever I'm making songs, I am pretty much, quote unquote, freestyling them into existence.

I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever you can.

Whenever I get the sort of fancy pants idea that I'm doing anything other than pure expression things start to go wrong. When I get too premeditated, things start to go wrong. I just shut that part of my brain off.

Whenever I do someone's portrait, I'm trying to locate the photo in the lens while reaching into that person psychologically. There's the magic! I don't always achieve it. It's a hit or a miss!

Whenever I start to really think about what I'm playing, I may play it better musically, but the feeling isn't there.

Whenever I write anything, I do sing to it, to try and make sure it's interesting or compelling to sing to. I've gotten in the habit of sharing that with other, more charismatic vocalists.

Whenever I sing a song, I just want it to reach out to the audience.

Whenever I sing, I try to make it different, the sound that you've never heard before, and put something new, which people love.

Whenever I sing on a different scale, I sound very different. However, I have learned that I can experiment with my tone.

Whenever people get to see you, it's a great thing. Once people see an image and see the character, they can get into the music a lot more.

I like to make the mundane fabulous whenever I can.

A studio is like a meditation room where music is created. And a live performance is the place where the creation of the studio is taken ahead. I love both.

If I knew where the good songs came from, I'd go there more often.

I use the studio as my drug. That's where I relieve everything at - the studio.

It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it.

I've had to really teach myself that when you're not feeling it, you shouldn't write anything down because you're going to end up coming back and re-writing it later. Whereas, if you write when you're feeling something, when you're really in the streak, then that's when you're going to get your best stuff.

I'm an entertainer, so in whatever form I entertain... The thing about being a rapper is that you have more control over your form, whereas with acting you have to compromise a lot.

The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit sound, an electric guitar and vocals? It's very stuck, whereas with electronic music, new sounds are being created.

Each song has its own secret that's different from another song, and each has its own life. Sometimes it has to be teased out, whereas other times it might come fast. There are no laws about songwriting or producing. It depends on what you're doing, not just who you're doing.

Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me.

Here in England, everyone's a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist.

Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

In independent music, you are the badshah and there are no restrictions, which allow you to embrace your true music. Whereas in playback, your first obligation is to your music director and then to your sensibilities.

Paul has more, I think, of a feel for the stage. Whereas I have it more for the notes themselves. I love record making and mixing, arranging, producing. That I love. I love to make beautiful things, but I don't like to perform.