Quotes About Artistry

I mean I appreciate fan mail and that the people like what I am doing but I can't answer it. If I would answer 25 letters a day I would be just a guy answering mail and not an artist anymore.

But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.

The sport is called artistic gymnastics. So you do have to be a little bit of an actress.

At the end of the day, I just want to see good gymnastics!

I tend not to meet the people I write about because I'm not really interested in the people I write about as people. I don't want to know about their family life. I don't want to know about their bad habits or their good deeds. I'm interested in their work.

It always seemed much better to be a writer - a Real Writer - than a successful hack.

You always feel like a hack and a fraud when you're writing. It's just how it goes.

I'm a lover of old traditional country - George Jones, Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette, Marty Roberts.

I hail from a family of musicians for the last 18 generations. My grandfather was a classical singer; his father was a sitar player.

I've been every hair color under the sun for different projects.

Somebody once described my music as 'Hairdresser Pop.' I don't know what that sounds like.

My hairdresser loves me because he gets the liberty to get creative with my hair.

I love braids and just generally playing around with different hairstyles, especially for festivals and photoshoots.

When I was drumming with Mick Fleetwood I thought I looked half mad. I thought I looked half crazy.

The Replacements don't sound like The Replacements half the time!

I've been doing this for seven and a half years. I've been just bustin' it, trying to break in as an artist in this business. For me, it's still just about the work. I get the scripts and I'm all about that. I don't really even have an idea what that's going to be like.

I think I started lip-synching about halfway through the first day, and it's not as easy as you think it would be. But it's definitely better than a day job.

Being in a band you can wear whatever you want - it's like an excuse for Halloween every day.

I'd like to continue doing movies, clubs, concert halls and television. I like something about each one.

Hamilton' doesn't compare to anything I've ever done.

I think 'Hamilton' has made me look at myself deeper as an artist and what I'm looking for as an artist.

I've memorized 'Hamilton.'

My rule is never save bits. They get in the way, and you don't think of anything new. Put 'em in. Make a big mess.

The quality of a play is the quality of its ideas.