Quotes About Artistry

I find it really cool when people have this artist persona they can put on. They can go out and act like this other person; I can't pull that off... I can't censor myself.

That's what bands like Pink Floyd and bands like Rush and even the Metallica of this world have, which is long, ambitious songs that pull in all different directions.

I've often said that with Black Sabbath you ought to have put a lasso around the sound and pulled it in. That's the best way to record Black Sabbath.

I've said, for a long time, my favorite part of my career is when I'm creating a new thing where I'm pulling from a new place.

How I did the first 'DiCaprio,' it was mine. I was pulling from everywhere. I was getting stuff from movies. I was getting stuff from interviews. Everywhere. And it was fine, because it was just put out for free on SoundCloud.

I'm always pulling and really feeding off of my inspirations. I think most musicians do.

Musicians are kind of like pirates, you know? You have to be free to follow whatever your muse is, or wherever life is pulling you - especially if you aren't in, like, U2, and making millions and millions of dollars.

The theatre is your pulpit - it is your church - and you want to be a priest in your church, and that's what I believe in.

I started producing for Pump - I produced his first songs. 'Lil Pump,' 'Elementary,' 'Johnny Dang' - all that I produced.

I wrote 'Don't Stop' just like I wrote 'Pumped Up Kicks' - I didn't try to make either a hit. I just wanted to write a song I liked.

In music you don't punch out at the end of the day.

I always say my music is like dark blue or black, like a punch to your gut that feels really good.

I'd rather somebody punch me in the face than drop my sax.

Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but I enjoy anything where you get to flex your acting muscles, you get to really go for it.

The book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was 'Crime and Punishment'. I put the thing down after reading it in a fever over two or three days... I said, 'If this is what a book can be, then that is what I want to do.'

I just did what I loved - flowers and rock n' roll. Pretty and punk. I was largely inspired by my dancing school classes and costumes.

Hip-hop influences my talent, but I think that punk and everything else I listened to growing up was who my idols were.

I always like to play in beautiful cathedrals, when I can somehow get access to do a punk show there.

I used to have this little punk pop band, and I don't know why we did 'Behind Blue Eyes,' because it's not punk pop. But we did, it was our slow jam.

I want to play guitar, piano, drums, write songs for other people. I can do punk - I can do indie - but as long as it has my voice, it'll always be my sound.

I always felt like I had a punk album waiting to be made.

We like to combine genres. Theo grew up listening to punk, and I love Christina Aguilera.

Everyone loves puppets.

You know, working with puppets - there is just something about it. Because the puppet takes on its own personality.