Quotes About Artistry

I play the living hell out of my guitars daily, and as sure as the sun rises in the east, killer licks, ideas, grooves, patterns and songs erupt every time.

The first time with artistic endeavors is, if it's working, it was your idea, and if it's not, it's somebody else's idea.

a person hoping to become a poet must have the capacity of thinking of several things at a time.

A time comes, after years in the trenches, when the artist begins to fathom what his career has looked like so far and what it will look like if he continues as he's proceeded.

I don't write my own songs. I don't have time.

I currently spend a lot of time thinking about orchestration and every detail of a piece.

Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.

I've always worked to find really deep meaning of song and also at the same time having it covered in sugar, so it can be taken two or three different ways.

I move very slowly. It's usually material first. I sit with the material for a long time.

By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one.

Faith is almost the bottom line of creativity; it requires a leap of faith any time we undertake a creative endeavor, whether this is going to the easel, or the page, or onto the stage.

With the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams we were going for something a bit like Ladykillers, you know? Pretty and demented at the same time...like me!

I think that's the way to go - dive into the music and don't think, stay frozen, why don't we all stay frozen in time for awhile?

But anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness.

I have lots of interests, but it's true that dancing is a very full-time job.

The goal of a passionate artist is to try and make a masterpiece each and every time, yet be wise enough to know you will fall short.

No artist knows in his own lifetime whether what he does will be the slightest good, because it takes at least seventy-five to a hundred years before the thing begins to sort itself out.

I wanted something where I could explore comics and music at the same time.

I want to make new and interesting music out of pop music in a way that isn't ironic. I want to stay sincere to the source material but at the same time manipulate it and take it to a new world.

I really think of the studio as being like craftsmanship time, and then playing is about releasing energy, and the two are really different.

I've had my bubblegum years and I did them well. Now it's time to come back as the woman, artist, and musician that I am without apologizing.

I honestly don't listen to a lot of music - I spend so much time working at my own music.

The fact that my songs take a long time to write is no guarantee of their excellence.

Getting away from being 'a good girl' is important because it's impossible to be a 'good girl' and a writer at the same time.