Quotes About Artistry

I want to be remembered as a great performer.

As an artist or musician, you want to be remembered for the music you make.

I would like to do songs that are remembered.

It's so hard to listen to an album you created and without remembering where you were when you wrote it or referencing the the recording experience.

Does anyone remember who shot Kubrick's movies? Do you remember who shot David Lean's movies? No one remembers who shot 'Dr. Strangelove' or 'Barry Lyndon.'

As an actor my job is to deliver the best so that the audience not only likes my roles but also remembers them.

It was important for me to remind people that there's no formula... there's no boundary to R&B music.

I want to remind you today that the greatest Artist of all time created you. He dreamed about you long before you were born, before a single brushstroke of your life took place.

You can spend a bit of yourself when you give yourself to a character. At the end of a job, you have to remind yourself who and what you are.

That's pretty much how I feel on stage, like I can let go of all kinds of baggage, or even disappear and change outfits. I want to remind people that they can grant themselves the license to do the same.

My first rap name was Ralo. Because my first name is Carlos. I likened myself to what Busta Rhymes was doing when he first came out. And what Onyx did when they first came out - they reminded me of me.

Playing with Iggy pulled me back in for a while and reminded me of what I love about music.

For me, it's always been about doing different things... If you're still jazzed about the possibilities, the chances of you coming up with stuff that has flavor is more conceivable. It keeps you going. Like working with the younger artists. It reminded us of who we are. Sometimes you need that.

Some artists are bound to an image: Bob Marley has dreadlocks, Matisyahu has a beard. But that's a reminder that the whole thing is not about style. It's about music.

One of my goals always, when I write music, is that it's not only me sharing my story with the fans: it's also a reminder to myself that, 'Hey, I said this so that I need to grow from it.'

I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.

Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music.

I really enjoy doing remixes, but I don't want to be known as just a 'remix artist' for the rest of my career.

The pressure is only from the producers and the labels. No composer, no singer would ever want to sing a remix.

I'm not just a remix guy.

We are going to see a burst of creativity that will make the Renaissance pale in comparison.

I love making miniatures, painting, writing, music and dance. These are the things I'm naturally good at. I'd like to think of myself as a renaissance woman.

We use the immense possibilities of technology to make the rendering better; anyone can be a singer now!

I really admire the great Japanese artists who could change their name three times in a lifetime. You could get rid of one and renew yourself.