Quotes About Artistry

Being in a group, you don't really get to give an ounce of who you are as a solo artist.

I feel like I have two different selves, one for being a part of SHINee and one as a solo artist.

As a solo artist, my desire is to express myself through my music.

I'd be very honored to be the ambassador to drum solos.

I love all my guitar solos.

I don't like guitar solos that are like, 'Look at me, look at me!' I like guitar solos that are little songs within the songs.

There should always be some sort of conclusion or climax to your solos.

I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.

I don't like piano solos.

I try to look at most of my solos as a musical piece within the song, not, say, showing off.

I don't labour over my lead guitar solos; they're better just caught in the moment.

All of my solos were improvised initially - I would go in and get my bearings and see what I came up with.

Everything from the lyrics to the production, solos to the writing - it's all democratic. At the end of the day, you know, when you're all done with the grind - which it is always an incredible grind for us to write records - I think it makes it that much more special to hear the final product.

Your solos should be as interesting as any other part of the song.

A solution built by an artist serves the artist more than the solution the capitalist comes up with.

Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an expensive solution.

In the studio, there's no tiptoeing. As opposed to big, blow-out arguments, there are just lots of little solutions.

There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will.

When we record a song, like 'Bedside Manner,' it's important that the next time I write a somber, mid-tempo song that we don't treat it the same way.

There are some people who are just plain great at making music. That's not who I am.

Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera.

There are a lot of global decisions that you can make as a co-publisher, and only publishers can make those kind of decisions. At the same time, there are some things you can do only as a penciler or creator. I want to keep my hands in both pots, so to speak.

When it comes to creativity, or my artistry, when it comes to how I wear my hair and what I'm dressing like, some things I'm going to fight for; and it's really about picking the battles, but usually I'm not backing down.

That's precisely what we do as actors: try to convince the audience we are somebody else. And if you can do that, you are really doing something.