Quotes About Artistry

Emmys are gorgeous and fun, but with or without them, there is beautiful work out there.

I love gospel, Christian R&B, and rap.

I can do R&B, pop, gospel... whatever genre of music that's out.

I draw inspiration from everywhere, whether it's country, R&B, gospel.

It's important for a gospel artist not to try to be mainstream.

As an artist, you have to work really, really hard because you gotta make something that will allow people to even take the chance to even listen to it, you know?

You gotta make the movie you want to make.

When you're like, 'Yo, we gotta write a hit song, we need a hit song right now,' that never works. Every time that happens, I never write a hit song.

I love music so much. I've got something going all the time. I've gotta be singing. I've gotta be creating music, or I'm not happy.

When I know it's like a bass song, I gotta go with my SP-1200.

I like making songs up. Whether or not they're great songs or good songs, whatever. It's something I've always done, and I definitely feel like I've gotten better at it.

I've gotten to a point where I wouldn't direct someone else's material. It would only be something totally original.

I love 'Chaplin'; I mean I really love 'Chaplin.' I just think there's a grace and an elegance that's almost never been matched.

I don't want to do any more covers. It's good to learn to make things your own, but the education's over. 'Grace' is putting a lot of things to rest.

I'd love to dance with grace and style, to move as easily as I write.

I like to play like that, with beauty and grace.

After I graduated from high school, I was like, let's see what happens. I took the time to develop my artistry and my songs, and tried to figure out who I am and what my message is.

Ridin' was natural, not forced. I didn't try to make a Grammy record.

I have a love-hate relationship with the Grammys because I don't see the music world as a competitive sport.

Country is not what you heard on the Grammys.

I'll watch the Grammys and think, 'You hardly even see people playing guitar,' and it freaks me out.

I said yes too much. I said yes to certain projects that weren't for me. It was somebody else's vision and somebody else's dream and somebody else's artistic endeavor, but it didn't necessarily fit in my grand scheme.

I don't even have the plaques in my house - the gold and platinum-selling plaques. I gave them to my parents and grandparents. It was never about the numbers, never about the money. It was always about the music. That's all I care about.

Riskin went into directing and made a film with Cary Grant which applied to the letter all the ideas which had made his comedies famous. It had everything except that little something - and the film was a failure.