Quotes About Artistry

I kind of rely on my artist friends to make my physical music worth buying by having them all come together and create beautiful artwork that everyone is gonna want to own to support my record.

To me, it's all about the song. Songs are what make me excited. You hear a great song and you want to record it or get a great idea and you want to write it.

I'd meet a new filmmaker that I'd always loved, and I'd think, "Great! I'm in the right place." It's a weird way to look at it, but I don't care as long as I'm able to make stuff that I want to make.

As a musician, you just want to be able to do what you love.

I'm not necessarily interested in being the best Indian artist. I want to be the best artist I can be. That's enough of a declaration of intent.

My big thing is that I love to write. I want continue writing and performing.

What's great about [Guettel] is his very distinct voice as a composer. And that distinct voice is something worth cherishing and expressing so we just didn't want to screw that up.

You can go crazy and play solos in the right place, and that's great because it can intensify and bring an emotional lift. But the thing is you don't want to get in the way of the song.

I'm not a star, I hate that word, and I'm an entertainer. Stars fall, you know, I'm an entertainer. I want to be known as an entertainer.

As a creative person, you want to start with a blank canvas.

There is no off position on my visual switch, and I don't want one. I love, and always have, telling stories with my camera.

A good filmmaker is someone who can look at a piece and go, "This camera's really going to be a character. I want people to feel like they're being punched."

[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.

People try to make a big deal, like I don't want to play my old songs. That's not it. I don't want to play my old songs if that's my only option. That's a different thing.

As convenient as that would be to make it easier to communicate with more prolific musicians, I don't want to think of music like a math equation.

If I am lucky and find material that is interesting to me, I want to make it.

For me able to do the records I want to do and not have to worry about this producer or that producer or that trend, I'm not really interested in that.

With modeling, you are the client and you give them what they want... with music, it is all about you, people are buying into you as a person.

Becoming an actress takes a lot longer than being a star. I don't want to be a star. I want to be an actress. I want to build a career.

I grew up listening to everything. I have such a love for music, but I don't want to make the same album over and over again.

I honestly in a lot of ways don't want to sing about my real life, because that's private.

I listen to nothing or classical music just because after being in the studio for twelve hours, the last thing you want to do is listen to anything.

When you are an artist, you want your audience to think its effortless and easy.

I have ideas of subjects and atmospheres that I love. I either want to go in a tougher, stronger direction or do the opposite: simple ballads.