Quotes About Artistry

As a writer, I try to do different things, but I'm not going to become a darker artist or turn into Radiohead overnight. I don't think that's my style.

I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.

I was a huge Radiohead fan growing up.

I myself am a huge Radiohead fan.

We wanted to be like Radiohead. When they started experimenting with electronic music, it gave us the idea that it might be a cool idea to do.

I'm just done downplaying how much I love Radiohead and how massive of an influence they are on what I do, because it's pretty obvious.

'Solja Rag' was designed for Juvenile. It wasn't one of them beats where I was gonna chop it and see who I was going give it to: it was Juvenile all over it.

The most amazing live shows that I've ever seen were Rain Parade shows.

'Purple Rain,' the album, is a great guitar record.

I was born and raised on 'Singin' in the Rain.' It's in my work. It's in me.

When I first got turned on to 'Purple Rain,' I was just moved by Prince's charisma and his just being free. Everything meant something, from the scream to falling on the ground to taking his shirt off. It just all meant something.

Dancing is never excruciating as preparing for it is. For instance, the song 'Chamma Chamma' had heavy outfits and even more heavy jewellery. 'Kambakht Ishq' was shot in extreme heat during the day and a rain sequence in the night, so we were literally drenched throughout the night.

I saw Rain dance on TV and decided that I wanted to sing and dance like him.

I'm not sure if fans are ready to accept my music, but I no longer wanted to be known as a 15-year-old girl who would sing 'Over the Rainbow.'

As a lyricist, I'm really trying to raise my level of quality.

I was raised to be a girl Michelangelo.

Every time you do something, make something, it's final in a way, but it's not. It immediately raises a great set of questions. And if you become a question addict, which I am, you immediately have something you need to pursue.

My favorite album is 'Ram' by Paul and Linda McCartney.

The thing I ran up against was everybody wanted a song so fast. It took me two years to finish 'Touch Me in the Morning.'

As artists, we are so not in control most of the time of the content or the narrative of our characters, and sometimes writing takes a turn and it's not something we necessarily have control over. It's just a lot of random dumb luck, so when things click, you've just got to enjoy it.

If I am expected to play a dancer, I will learn dancing but won't do the random, meaningless dancing.

Even though there is randomness and improvisation in my music, I want to have some concrete idea that I can hold onto.

If you're doing a large, complicated character with radio controls, it might take a number of people several months to make it and if you're talking about a quick little hand puppet, it could be made in 2 days, so there's enormous range there, and no real easy generalities.

I want to do drama, light comedy, the whole range.