Quotes About Artistry

Every artist has to grow, and has to challenge themselves with a new form of expression.

Using creative expression as a means to a professional end makes me curl up a bit.

I feel like trying to write a song in order to be a big hit is just not something I'm interested in because it's not going to come from an authentic place of expression.

I love doing concerts, and I think my songs get another expression and energy when they are being played live.

There's a lot of pressure that comes from the mainstream stuff, and already people who have been saying - people who don't know any better - have been saying things to me like, 'You should really think about neosoul. You'd definitely be more successful in that.' But that's not my expression.

For ballet dancers, style is about melding personal expression with physical form.

The computer is limited in expression. It can't do what the human player can do. What's dangerous is that you fall for writing for the computer and what sounds good on it instead of writing something that actually sounds good when a player performs it. It's dangerous when you go down that road.

Everything changes when I dance... I am a taskmaster there. I am the creator. I am high on dance - my expression, body language... I am like a fire.

Completing your performance with your own voice is so important. It's not only my face and expressions... the voice added to it always feels good.

As an actor, it doesn't matter to me if I play the role of a mother, with or without make-up and so on. I focus only on getting the expressions and acting right.

I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.

Our live show is a definite experience, since it's an extension of my albums.

My food is an extension of my personality.

To the extent that independent means you're willing to attempt to put your own ideas, personality, and commitment to the material on screen, then of course I hope I'm independent until the day I die.

Record making is an extraordinary experience.

Daniel Day-Lewis is extraordinary; I think he may be one of the best actors ever that we've worked with.

I feel like my Lion Babe look is an embellishment of my everyday look - it's definitely more extravagant and more artistic.

I'm not really allowed to talk about the Dead though. I think when we are at our best, we definitely do things that the Dead or no other band could do. We explore things and take things to the extreme.

You can take that 'I'm an artiste' stuff to the wrong extreme, too.

I like dramatic ballets, particularly if they're ballets in which I have a chance to go from one extreme of style or characterization to another.

I like to sing covers of songs that are at the extreme ends from what I usually listen to.

When I go on stage and perform, I'm an extreme version of myself.

Auditioning is extremely bizarre. Just being an actor is extremely bizarre, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Know that I am extremely proud of all that is 'Ween.'