Quotes About Artistry

I love working with Alicia Keys, because it's not just the ability to do the dance to me; I think it's the ability to interpret it that excites me the most.

I don't play any instruments. I don't produce. I don't know which keys or chords I am using, so, in essence, I need the band and the production team - otherwise, I am just some guy with a hat and a song.

When I imagine some music in my mind, almost automatically, I imagine the piano keys.

I kicked down doors to show that Hiphop has matured. And it may be a little controversial.

So, to see the response to the Kickstarter, and to see people actually really want to see, hear what I'm doing, hear what comes out of my own mind, is really an incredible experience.

I kinda like the idea of having an album that's all me.

Everybody's just emulated us and now everybody just kinda takes our sound as their foundations.

When I turned 19 I kinda realized that I needed to write my own songs instead of singing songs written by other people.

I am, in some sense, a writer. Even though I kinda downplay the word thing, I do enjoy writing sometimes.

Singing is one of the most important components to me. That's kinda how it all started.

As for the drag thing, we each do it in different ways and for different reasons. For me, it's kinda about expressing a side of myself that's always in there but usually doesn't come out. Mostly because I'm too lazy to look that good every day.

I can't describe my sound. That's something I don't ever think about and I kinda don't want to think about it.

We try to write the best songs ever and they kinda come out funny.

I think at a certain point actors need to start taking responsibility for the kinds of stories they want to tell.

A person like Carole King could make up something, change it, and actually improve it.

King Crimson is never easy; it's challenging. That's why I like it.

I love Kings of Leon.

I don't believe in the popular dialogue, 'I will kiss if the script demands it' or something like that.

My marriage to music came from KISS.

Cooking and film are completely different - but I'd rather stay in the kitchen than be in movies.

Of course, Jungle Kitty got really famous when I was doing it on 'All Stars 3.' I was just writing the song, and the words came out - that was the state of mind i was in.

I guess nobody can teach you the knack, or whatever it is, that helps you come to life on stage.

I never knew Artist was going to get this big. When I was making it, I put my all into it. But you never know what's going to happen with something you make.

My salvation lies in time spent alone with an X-Acto knife and commercial-grade adhesive.