Quotes About Artistry

Sometimes I write for other drag queens.

Christine and the Queens

Quentin Tarantino is a genius. I want to do every single film with him.

It's a constant quest to push the bar and work in films that allow me to prove what I can do as an artist.

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.

The way James Franco goes to new projects, he does it the way an artist should, which is with a question mark. Like, will this work?

I've always questioned the way dancers, myself included, must do the same role year in and year out. It's important for me to be able to say to myself, 'O.K., I don't want to be a prince anymore. I want to put on a leather jockstrap and pose.'

When people try questioning my artistry or what it is that I do, it's because it doesn't look like everybody else's art.

'Honey' was the first song I wrote where I was really enjoying myself again after questioning the idea of being an artist.

When I heard his first songs, Dylan was answering certain questions that I had all my life been asking myself.

You should have something to say, an idea you want to get out, and if you don't, just get out of the way, 'cause there's so many great musicians and writers that are in the queue.

The great songs just come out. If it comes quick, just leave it that way.

I got successful awfully quick, and I wanted it... But I do think there is responsibility to move the musical theater form forward. I think you always have to be aware of the work that came before and build on that.

I would rather fall flat on my face than try to just make a quick dollar by making music that fits into the radio format right now. It does nothing for me.

Sometimes albums can be quick, sometimes they take forever, and we're very good at taking forever.

The thought of making work that's easily consumed and quickly forgotten - what's the point? I want my work to be cohesive, to age and improve like old leather.

With 'Carousel' I had an idea and it all came out quickly.

I wanted to play piano, and that slid quickly into writing - it wasn't enough to play other people's notes: I had to write notes too.

There's no reason you should write any novel quickly.

I'm not a pop act, churning stuff out really quickly. I find the music that arises from that style of working is distracted, not particularly profound.

I don't write quickly, and I don't want to.

Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.

That's always the time to quit - when you have nothing to say as an artist and creative person.

Right before I got 'Sons of Anarchy,' I actually quit acting for 18 months and didn't read a single script, and I wrote a film. I felt like I needed to do something that I had control over, as an artist, and also just do something where I felt like I had some control over my life, as just a human, out in the world.