Quotes About Artistry

Whatever happens in my life from now on, I know the day I finally die - the final act of my script - people will always make references to the work I've done with Almodóvar.

A creative person has little power over his own life. He is not free. He is captive and driven by his daimon.

The artist ought to know that a thousand painful deaths always lead into greater life.

I have a split - of my real home-life side that's real-life, and then the creative side that is not necessarily real-life, but it intersects my real-life so much.

The inclination of my life...has been to do things & make things which will give pleasure to people in new and amazing ways.

Little Walter was the best harmonica player I ever heard in my life.

There's an ecstatic side to writing. It's like jazz. It just has a life.

Art is not living. It is the use of living.

I know my body. What happened is that I got so caught up in the applause I forgot how I should dance. All my life I've been what others wanted - in dancing and in life. Now I'm doing it my way.

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.

You are the Michelangelo of your own life. The David you are sculpting is you.

I never pay attention, to no numbers, no views, comments ... I just try to keep on going, keep on living my life so I can continue to put out music that's real.

You have to color outside the lines once in a while if you want to make your life a masterpiece.

I believe in myself. I believe in my vision, my life, my talent, my art. More than anyone. No one can take that away from me.

It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing.

I don't want to compare myself to Picasso, but he had four or five periods in his life. Any good artist grows and changes and matures.

If your life had lyrics, would they be any good?

When I'm on stage, I get real happy there. Maybe that's the only time in my adult life I feel like myself.

My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and dedication is only that I'm able to forget myself and let the music do the 'talking.'

I guess some people like to just stick with their sound, like Weezer or something, but I think I just try to keep it as close to my real life, in a Neil Young sort of way, as possible.

Creative minds are uneven, and the best of fabrics have their dull spots.

My dream is to continue to be an artist who gets to be different individuals from different walks of life.

Don't get it right, just get it written.

Art is not a career - it's a life.