Quotes About Artistry

I'm in a lower register because I'm not trying to shout out over a wall of amps. Singing lower sounded very pleasing to my ear, and it made it easier for me to emote.

'Dog Days' was recorded with pens and the wall, and half a stolen drum kit that was out of tune, in what was basically a cupboard. The only instrument I could really play was my voice, so we just layered everything a hundred times. It was enthusiasm over skill.

I'm not going to do the Ben Harper house record or the Ben Harper drum 'n' bass record.

There was just a moment when I fell in love with singing, probably when I started listening to Ben Howard and his album 'I Forget Where We Were.' I fell in love with that album, and that album really made me fall in love with singing.

Ben Nye is bussin'. Bussin'! It is genuinely great makeup, but because people think that it's just for plays, they don't consider it.

Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I don't understand why this happens in the movie industry.

Besides acting, writing has been my passion for a long time.

It's just so fun to share that experience with your best friend when you're finding your voice as an artist.

There is the great creative part of it. The writing is the best part.

You want to be doing your best work whatever field of the arts you're in because your life's going to be over all too soon, and you have to make the most of it.

I do some of my best work when I'm dead.

It's hard when you're writing for someone else. You obviously always want to do your best work, but sometimes you write and have a song idea and you're like, 'Oh, it's so good I want to keep it for us.'

I think that I know in my heart that I am making music that I would bet my life on.

For me, the more time you can take and the more care you can take with songs, the better off you're going to be.

'Lemonade' resonated with me, and I love the direction Beyonce is going with her music and her career.

I like Beyonce's music - some of it, not all of it.

I'm a big believer in bringing in other creative minds; I do it in my commercial work.

The big difference with Juliette and the others in that film is that she goes beyond acting.

I'm still a very big fan of Fiona Apple.

I was a big fan of Luc Besson and obviously Ridley Scott.

I grew up listening to everything. And rock and roll has always been a big, big part of it - as big a part of what I do as any other type of music.

A big part of my love and passion for making music is playing it live.

I look at the big picture and try not to create with ego.

I listen to a lot of Biggie, he's so lyrical.