Quotes About Artistry

When I first got started, I used to say I just want to stay in the studio, I want to make good music, I want to sing my heart out, and I didn't think I'd have people following me to a grocery store or following me home or stuff like that.

I never cared about money or fame, and I don't care now. I follow the groove, and money always follows.

It's a little gross to put yourself in every song. I mean, how interesting do people really think you are?

Sometimes, I don't like making emotions your career; something about it is kind of gross. But, at the same time, I want to move people the same way the songs make me feel.

I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint.

Burzum was never formed, as Burzum is no group, only Count Grishnackh of many colors.

Growing up, I was always trying to catch a great show. And that's where I learned an artist gets respect. That's what makes people talk.

I like to think I've grown as a writer and taken some risks, but I still consider myself to be a literary writer.

I think as a writer, as an artist, I've grown a lot.

I just write like a grown man, because that's what I listen to. I'm not even speaking complicated English... I don't do five-syllable words, I don't do four-syllable words. This is English. Rudimentary English.

Just as theater has to be where people live, actors have to go out in the marketplace - not be cut off by a lens. Either an artist grows or he stagnates.

Ballet can be grueling, for sure, but it gives you a certain discipline.

It seemed like the more complex the music we were playing, the less able we were to guarantee its consistency.

That's my dream - to play Coachella... not as a guest but as me!

I experimented with roles in films such as 'Guide,' 'Mujhe Jeene Do' and 'Teesri Kasam.'

Everyone always comes to one point in their life as an artist where you can either let your heart guide you or your ego.

When I'm singing, that's all me. That's from the bottom of my heart - it's everything I've worked for. When you're on stage, there are no guidelines. No one's telling me what to do!

I know some artists who write every day, and for a while, I felt really guilty that I didn't.

I never set out to write a certain kind of song, I just play my guitar and see if I catch something.

I just play the guitar and write songs.

So, once I get writing I really try and put five to eight hours a day in my room with a guitar to really try and come up with stuff that feels interesting enough to me to keep it.

A lot of the time, I will write a guitar riff first. I don't write drum riffs first.

I think of myself as a tomgirl. A boy who's girly in every presentational aspect. And I play guitar and write good songs.

I like playing guitar I don't like talking about it. I like writing riffs, I don't like explaining them.