Quotes About Artistry

I like Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle. I would love to do songs with them.

Knitters use knitting to value-add to the world.

You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'

I do always want to be creating something; I can't help it. I don't know why that is, but I'm certainly not gonna knock it now, at the age of 36. It seems to be working.

A lot of times, people ask us about being a country band, and we say, 'Well, we're not really a country band.' And we're not knocking country, because we like it, but we don't want to be limited.

I just want to get to that point where I'm able to fully create music that's good lyrically and quality-wise as far as the way it's knocking and everything.

Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach.

I'm not that knowledgeable with the guitar - I just find ways that are pretty creative, but it's all within the framework and the limitations of what I can do.

Kodak has always represented innovation that is approachable while delivering the craft of filmmaking.

I think Korea is so focused on just the charts, and what's going to chart and what's not, and I'm sure it's like that way in the States as well, to a certain degree. But I enjoy working in the States a little bit more. Because it's more about making music that is the right sound and the right fit to me, not so much just chasing the charts.

Whenever I write my music, it's always been in English first and then I take it into Korean.

I'm Kubrick without the O.C.D.

I love 'The Shining.' Kubrick is pretty amazing.

Eminem is like a God to me. Besides that, Kurt Cobain has been my evergreen musical guru.

I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity.

I've done songs with legends like De La Soul with Pete Rock. I've done songs with B.O.B. I've done songs with Big Kit.

You don't plan 'La la la's.' They just pop out. Bowie and Marc Bolan littered many of their songs with 'La la's.'

I like the concept of dressing people. I used to not care whether people bought the clothes or not, but I kind of like it now. I wouldn't label that commercialism; it's more like I do this work because I want people to wear it.

Like everything at Big Machine Label Group, the music comes out when it's ready.

All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label.

I just try to make the best music that I can. People are going to label it whatever they're going to label it.

I think what people get confused about is that they want to label me as this EDM girl, but a lot of this stuff is genre-less.

It's a great place to be as an artist: if you confuse your label, you're doing your job.

Just look at the name of Kanye's label: G.O.O.D. Music. That's what it's all about, creating good music.