Quotes About Artistry

When I want to read a book, I write one.

The eye of a master will do more work than his hand.

'Swan Lake' is the most difficult thing to portray for a female ballet dancer it really requires such specific qualities of articulation, agility, strength, and the arm work is something that takes a lot of training.

I would encourage subtlety. Nabokov's bubble gum or Munro's water over Dumbo's magic feather.

Success is nice, but it shouldn't be the only reason why you're a musician.

Few artists create music so pure it brings me to tears.

A musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.

It's always been based around the song, and guitar-playing in the service of the song... The sensibility is about songs. I like to think of it as kind of 'refined primitive.'

What has helped me: There aren't a lot of girls who dance, who are as refined in dancing. That is what draws people to see me. The dance, and the prettiness.

I like to play the lute full-bloodedly, with passion, as well as with delicacy and, I hope, refinement.

And I feel that it's inevitable that the work that I do will reflect the life that I live. And the life I live feels very diverse.

You can hear some artists, hear five of their albums and still have no idea who they are. But if you've heard most of what I've recorded, you know me. You go from 'Honesty' to 'Going Through Hell' - you can listen to the hits, and they pretty much reflect who I am. 'Take a Back Road' is the same thing.

When you perform, you can convey emotions differently, and your look can reflect each of those emotions.

I want to be my own artist and reflect my creativity.. I don't want to be turned into a pop princess; that's not who I am.

We've matured musically, as well as in the way we think. We've also developed a higher sense of responsibility. This has refined us and these developments are really being reflected in our music and our dance.

The constant fear of a performer is to become what is reflected back at you.

What people fail to realize is that any album we did, really, 90 percent of it reflected the songs people brought in. If someone had brought in two great rock songs for 'Cornerstone'... they would have been on that record.

Fans be reflecting the way I be making music.

The projects that I've been fortunate enough to do are all projects where I followed my heart. I didn't follow the money or the names. It's all about reflecting my life and my art.

I truly try to create beauty and reflection and all of that as conscientiously and judiciously and minutely as I can.

I titled the album Reflections because I am reflecting on my music career.

What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.

My musical selections are a reflection of how I grew up. Because, back then, you could see Miles Davis and Ravi Shankar on the same stage. And nobody thought anything of it, other than the fact that it was great music.

My music is a whole reflection of who I'm as an individual.