Quotes About Artistry

There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself. [Pg.189]

People never ask people doing serious music, 'Do you ever think about doing funny music?'

It's hard to force creativity and humor.

The writer must proudly consent to bear his own date, knowing that there are no masterpieces in eternity, but only works in history, and that they survive only to the degree that they have left the past behind them and heralded the future.

Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.

Creativity means learning where the rules exist, and then breaking them! Saying, "It's better this way." But you have to know the rules in order to break them with any grace.

That's what we're all doing, all the time, whether we know it or not. Whether we like it or not. Creating something on the spur of the moment with the materials at hand. We might just as well let the res tof it go, join the party, and dance our hearts out.

Acknowledge beauty when you see it. Even if its appearance disturbs you, surely you can admire the skill that went into its design.

If poetry is a circus, then the Big Tent we're under has to have room for a lot of different freak shows.

It's not a job but a condition. (Alan Garner on writing)

I like to write sad songs. They're much easier to write and you get a lot more emotion into them. But people don't want to hear them as much. And radio definitely doesn't they want that positive, uptempo thing.

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She may have discovered how to solve the problem of aviation in music. What makes an aviator what he is? An aviator is a person who deals with getting heavier-than-air objects off the ground. She could do that, musically and emotionally. She could take a feeling and actually lift it off the ground, and it would stay there.

Never start with a clear idea of storyline. Instead, commence blindly, with a vague notion of trying to include a reference to your favourite band, gift shop, or chocolate bar.

One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.

Anything I do has to be directly related to my music. If it isn't, I don't really see a point to it.

I saw music as a way to entertain people and take them away from their daily lives and put smiles on their faces, as opposed to what I see it being now, which is a way for me to actually communicate, and a way for me to tap into my subconscious.

What influenced me was Tori Amos, who was unapologetic about expressing anger through music, and Sinead O'Connor. Those two in particular were really moving for me, and very inspiring, before I wrote 'Jagged Little Pill.'

HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism.

Creative instinct is personal.

Art is such a personal experience, I really try to make my own thing.

I do write a lot from personal experience, but I also embellish a bit.

When I'm performing, sometimes a lyric will touch on my personal life, and it can be difficult to sing. For instance, when I sing 'How I Love You,' I'll choke up.

Once an artist makes his personal life public, he can't close that door.