Quotes About Artistry

I like to tinkle at my piano when I'm working out a new song - I just put my fingers down and see what comes out.

Whenever I've done jobs, whether it's an acting job or writing job, there's an aspect of it that feels like you help build your piece of it, and then you watch as someone takes it, and they finish building it.

I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.

The best feeling I ever get is when I finish a song, and it exists, and it didn't exist before, and now it's there, and it makes me feel a certain way.

I never finish a show without singing 'She's Gone.'

When you finish a song, your first thought is going to be, 'Is this song a hit?' I hate that we think that way, because it kind of takes a little bit of the meaning out of the songs that are being written, but you're definitely going to think, 'Can this song be put on the radio?'

It was hard to write or compose... we just had to go back and finish making songs. If we make 20 songs, we'll throw away 10.

Writing is not what you start. It's not even what you finish. It's what you start, finish, and put out there for the world to see.

I kind of tend to write a lot of songs, so it's never too hard for me to finish an album; it's more about just getting enough songs that I really love.

When I see a film I've finished, it's like another person made it. Like another mind.

The album is never finished until it's on the shelves!

I never show anything to anybody until I've finished it.

I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.

Writing itself does not know what it looks like while one is doing it, only when it's finished.

Once I finish a film, I don't ever see it again. Never ever. I have never seen any of my films since I finished them.

I write songs every day, but only a few of them get finished.

I want my children to experience as much creativity as possible. That's what sets your mind on fire.

I've got friends who are pyrotechnics who do big fire shows, so I'm really fascinated by that.

I firmly believe artists should be paid for what they create.

My first job is to write the characters as full and authentic people as well as I can.

My first love is acting, but dancing comes naturally to me.

I was very interested in theatre, so my first love of fashion comes from costume, and I think that's pretty clear within my work and the level of theatricality.

Music is my first love, and I can't step away from her. I love music, and I love playing and living the dream, but I also miss my family.

Music was my first love, and at Marlborough we put bands together and sang the pop songs of the day. Although I couldn't read or write music - I still can't - I taught myself to play the guitar and piano by listening to songs and working out the chords.