Quotes About Artistry

The first 12 bars of 'Pre-Occupied' explains my entire career.

It's hard to talk about acting because I don't think it's quite as explicit as a lot of people might think. And that's probably the best thing about it.

I'll stop when I think I'm not doing good stuff. I'll never exploit something just because people like it.

It's not necessary that every film that I direct will have dance in it. I would love to explore different areas.

As an artist, I want to explore as much as I can.

There's an amazing power that music has, and it definitely had its power over me as a boy. I just saw fit to keep exploring it.

'Gone-Away World' was a shotgun blast, an explosion out of the box I'd put myself into writing film scripts. 'Tigerman' is shorter, tighter, more crafted.

I enjoy the more floaty, exposed, elegant singing.

I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed. That's the only way I can express it.

I love this freedom that has been given to me as an artist to express myself.

I also started writing songs because I had this burning activity in my heart and had to express myself.

I'm not here to change the music world, but I'm definitely here to show what I can do and express myself through my music.

Artists need to express.

I just express myself in any way I feel is appropriate at the moment.

You want to sell records, but if you want to call yourself an artist, your job is how you express yourself.

Part of being an artist is that you want to express yourself to as many people as possible. But you don't want to exclude anyone.

I felt like when you're an actor, you don't get to fully creatively express yourself - most of the time, it's not your own writing or direction.

As an artist, you have to express yourself. You just can't stop being an artist.

Kendrick Lamar is from Compton, but his Compton and how he expresses that is completely different than NWA and Eazy-E even though they were from the same environment.

My lyrics are about same-sex relationships, because that's who I am. It was important to me that I felt comfortable expressing myself.

I always tell audiences when I talk about writing: Writing isn't something I do; writing is something that I am. I am writing - it's just an expression of me.

I feel constricted if I become too much aware of the act of making. Liberty is lost and instead of an instinctual lyrical expression the whole thing becomes arid.

When it comes to a woman's expression, I don't think there's anyone who did it better than Saroj Ji.

Because I express myself through the music, I want to be responsible in that expression and how it carries on well after I'm here. But that's just me.