Quotes About Artistry

It's getting harder and harder to feel inspired to spend six months on a record.

I can only speak for myself - there were times when I just wasn't inspired by creating music.

If I'm inspired and music inspires me, then I will continue to play it.

Music inspires me, and I'm grateful that I've been able to make a career out of something that I'm so connected to.

I enjoy changing; I think it's more fun to try something different than to just do what you did last time. As an artist, you just want to keep creating, keep finding a place that really inspires you that feels fresh and new, and keep it exciting.

Some people think that all you do is record, and it's not the case. You take on other projects as well, and you have to live a little bit because it inspires your work.

I have been a huge, huge fan of music ever since I was a kid. Anything to do with music inspires me.

Whether it's an inspiring song or whether it's an entertaining song - whatever it might be about it - I just want people to feel the emotion that I put into it because I think emotion... is everything.

Beats are really inspiring. They always make me want to write something over them.

I love Charli XCX, so getting to work with her was really inspiring.

You know, I still find music as inspiring and exciting as I did when I was 15.

I didn't know they would pay you money to sit in a room and write songs for other people. I always thought that George Strait was singing a song, he made it up, and that was the end of it. But the instant I found that out, that that could be a job, I thought, 'That's the job for me. I gotta figure out how to do that.'

I've always been very independent, and I love being able to enjoy different parts of music. It's amazing to be able to hear the sound in your head and instantly make it come to life.

As an actor, the only thing you have is your instinct and your imagination.

I am less instinctive as I try to be more professional - about the music, about the sound.

As an actor, you can think your way out of a lot of good things sometimes. I trust my instincts as an actor, and I trust the instincts of the creators, so it's a good combination.

A lot of people who have gone to music school have gotten their individuality stomped out of them. It becomes harder to find those instincts.

The more you know about Bob Dylan, the less you know. A truly enigmatic artist, Mr. Dylan's work and life offer vaporous handholds, explanations, and instructions. Attempt to grasp them, and they will only dissipate and re-form into another contexture or idea.

Voice is my instrument.

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument.

Yeah, uh, no, I play the cello. I played it, when, a lot when I was younger and it's one of those such a beautiful instrument. It's kind of the few things I've kept up.

What it is now is basically I'll sit on my computer; I basically kind of play the computer as an instrument, I guess you could say. I guess I play the Mac.

What it is now is basically, I'll sit on my computer; I basically kind of play the computer as an instrument, I guess you could say. I guess I play the Mac. And how it works is, say - I have a program called 'Ableton Live.' And, you know, you'll open it up, and it's just blank. There's nothing there. And then you start.

So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask, 'Do you want to write? Do you want to improvise? Why do you want to play this instrument? What do you want to do?'