Quotes About Artistry

At the end of the day, I earn a living by creating music and not sharing it with anyone because I am my own master. I know my worth.

That's what as an artist you always try to do. To try to be a sharper mind than the average person.

The shelf life of an artist or musician isn't particularly long.

Basically I feel like my role is to find great songs with the artists, for the artists, and have them shine.

I always love long shirt dresses with hand painting on it. It's just wonderful.

It's nice to be in a show where it's not based on taking your shirt off.

We're not trying to shock people with our image.

I think my music is a little shocking to some people because my voice is very traditional-sounding, and my music is not.

I put everything I think is sexy into my shoes.

I feel very comfortable shooting music, and I think you can see that.

From 2005 to 2010, I was exclusively shooting 'The Act of Killing' and then editing it.

I've storyboarded for things other people have shot. So thinking in shots and orchestrating shots is not foreign to me at all.

Show business is all I know, but I love it.

People shouldn't get into show business because they want to become stars or become rich; they should get into it because they can't help but put on a show.

In show business, generally you don't retire. If you love it, that is, you're in it forever anyway.

I grew up thinking of show business as a business.

Show business is in my blood.

I like show business - performing. I can't think of anything better.

There's no people like show people.

We do try to be entertainers, but we're musicians first, and we try to showcase the music.

I have not tried for a career that's showy. I have always tried to layer things in and not push it. I love an underperformance, where you're so entrenched in who that person is that you're living in it.

I like being able to do dueling leads, and it's fun to be able to shred.

I don't want to be a lead player. I don't want to shred and play fast licks. I just want to be the best rhythm section ever.

We never think about how many awards we've won. We just want to make the best music we can.