Quotes About Artistry

I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them.

It took me a very long time to realize that inherently the materials have this beautiful quality without me having to impose meaning onto them.

I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little while.

I've never been a big fan of the music-video style of editing movies that crept in the last few decades. I like stuff that's able to take its time.

In the long run, all I care about is making good music & not wasting time being in the public eye.

I don't think time is involved in how the thing is made.

The first time I saw Mikhail Baryshnikov it was like he had an anti-gravity machine in his pants. He would jump and stay in the air for 10 minutes.

All of the penciling was consistently done by one person and the inking was whoever could finish on time.

Dance music is Madonna's base. It's what she likes, it's what she listens to. It's not anything other than that. She doesn't read what's on the charts. And if it's on time, great. This is who she is.

Some of the songs have a tinge more pop this time. I wanted to go into different worlds.

I try to be original in every piece of music I do, and of course I probably fail every time.

Every time I think that I've pierced through the simulation, every time I feel like I've written something authentic, it feels like I then sort of lose my footing with it.

There's always music sitting around, but when you're cultivating music, the idea of getting into a studio and compressing it to get something out on time can be really good.

In some ways, you can say that at any time in any writer's career: 'He might have run out of ideas.'

I started putting down my own pen and spending some time searching for the best songs out there possible. It doesn't matter if I wrote them or not.

When I write a book, I hope to be beyond mortal by the time I'm finished.

Having the kind of infinite loop of what a digital stream is - you can shoot for a long time without cutting - allows me to sometimes perform really exciting things.

When you listen to Prince you have no idea what decade it's from. It's beyond time.

Creatives are feared and ridiculed... and at the same time highly valued for their ability to see things that others do not.

Lady Gaga is one of the most amazingly talented musicians to bring her gifts to humanity in a long time.

I feel like I write the same album every time but each time I try to convey the message more simply.

I wish I had more time to write.

My songs pretty much revolve in my brain most of the time - usually, whatevers coming next.

Whenever I have time, I try to get in the studio and write, whether it's for me or other artists or my catalog of music. It's definitely one of my favorite parts of the music industry.