Quotes About Artistry

The things that I leave creatively are going to stay here long past me. That's the reason why the album is called '4Eva Is a Mighty Long Time.'

Mike Patton and Dave Lombardo - those guys are a good, heavy influence.

Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as an artist.

Mike Leigh is my all-time favourite writer/director/creator.

I really want to work with Mike Leigh.

When I first watched '8 Mile,' it was amazing. It got me. I loved it.

I am a leader. Leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right.

My playing started to develop through the Miles Davis stuff I was listening to.

Miles Davis is a major influence of mine in terms of the way that I am as a bandleader.

I am a leader, so leaders always get heat. They're always going against the grain. Jimi Hendrix got heat; Bob Marley got heat; Miles Davis got heat. Every great artist got heat. Heat means you're doing something right.

It's called 'Miles Davis, Prince of Darkness,' and it's about Miles Davis, the genius, and why he was the way he was, and how he changed music so many times. He changed music six times. So, I'm excited about that movie.

I don't think we listened to any rock n' roll at all in the early days. It was Miles Davis and John Coltrane 95% of the time.

I listen to Miles Davis and Slipknot.

Interestingly enough Miles Davis was an influence, and the way he approached harmonics. And one of my biggest influences was Dionne Warwick, early Dionne Warwick.

The Backstreet Boys are easy; they're cream. And then here we are, this nine-piece metal militia.

I get writer's block all the time. The only way I can write what I consider to be good lyrics is to put myself through the mill.

The reason why Millennials are inspiring is what they give: the music they give.

It blows my mind the way Frank Miller can write.

What does Macbeth want? What does Shakespeare want? What does Othello want? What does James want? What does Arthur Miller want when he wrote? Those things you incorporate and create in the character, and then you step back and you create it. It always must begin with the point of truth within yourself.

I used to read a lot of Steinbeck, and I admired Roger Miller and Bob Dylan.

The thing is, Mac Miller wrote all of 'Divine Feminine.' That was a great album.

I don't do something because I think it will sell 30 million albums. I couldn't care less. If it sells one, it sells one.

I don't care if I get $50 million to do a film.

I'd much rather be in a movie that people have really strong feelings about than one that makes a hundred million dollars but you can't remember because it's just like all the others.