Quotes About Artistry

Some of the best songs I've written, I've written in 10 minutes.

Forty minutes in front of Beck isn't really where it's at.

I'm used to writing stories with a beginning a middle and an end in four minutes.

Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration.

Anything that happens in film industry is a miracle.

I'm essentially an actor. And the fact that I got away with singing and dancing for a long time is still a miracle to me.

I can rippity rap, lyrical miracle all day, but if you don't have a message behind it and you not saying nothing, it doesn't make sense.

I always find the mirror in the dressing room is where the best artists are.

I like to create something that's unique and kind of true to myself and authentic and everything. I don't really like to mirror myself after different artists.

As a musician, it's only natural that my music mirrors my life.

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it.

Prince inspired me. He changed my life. I will miss him greatly.

I'm dying to get back in front of the cameras. I miss it like crazy.

I miss working with great actors, working with great directors.

If I wanted to do 'The Missing Files of Missy Elliott,' I have probably six albums just sitting there.

I modeled my work after contemporary masters of art house cinema but felt my voice was missing.

But I'll never write another Missing You' again as long as I live. I hope that I'll write a good song, but I don't think that I'll be able to write another song that will reach people that much.

We're not on a desperate mission to write chart compatible stuff.

It's a mistake to dwell too much on the consequences of a piece of work that you're making.

I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.

Many times when you make a movie, it feels like your biggest mistake. But even if a film isn't a hit, you shouldn't view it as a mistake.

Once your career becomes about something other than the music, then that's what it is. I'll never make that mistake.

In high school, I would secretly play Joni Mitchell songs all the time. That's when I started singing and playing at the same time, and I got really into doing that.

I'm a huge fan of Joni Mitchell, and I think her music has inspired me lyrically and guitar-wise.