Quotes About Artistry

Look, I'm not odd. I'm just trying to be an actor; not a movie star, an actor.

I'm not a rock star. Sure I am, to a certain extent because of the situation, but when kids ask me how it feels to be a rock star, I say leave me alone, I'm not a rock star. I'm not in it for the fame, I'm in it because I like to play.

I'm not a pop star.

I never really felt like a rock singer or a rock star or whatever.

I never wanted to be a performer, I never wanted to be Yo Yo Honey Singh, the rock star.

When you come from a star family in the South, you're expected to be really good in dance and fights. It's really important that you open up as an actor in front of the camera.

I never dreamt of being a pop star or being on stage - makeup was always my true passion.

I know I want to work for my whole life because I know I can't live without music or dancing. But I don't know if I want to be a big star.

I always figure hey, look, I'm not a rock star, I'm an actor. I'm somebody who's meant to be other people and I'm not meant to be here representing myself. I'm happier when I'm presenting myself as other characters.

'Bright Star' has been designed and the songs have been formulated around the way that I sing. That is the biggest gift of anything.

I don't want to star in films for the sake of acting.

My music comes before my stardom, so the pressure of handling fame does not matter.

Rock stardom and all that stuff like that was never like my main M.O., my main M.O. is musical growth, and if I become a rock star in the process, great!

Every artist has to remember that they're human beings first, even with the type of stardom placed around their name and aura, they have to still remember that.

I'm bored way too easily. I'm staring at screens half the day. I need to be overstimulated. And how will that express itself artistically?

When I wrote the opera, I made a deal with myself that for at least an hour a day I would work on it, even if it meant just sitting on my piano bench, staring into space and thinking about it. It's about keeping it regular, like your bowel movements - let's get real: it's your bodily artistic movements! It comes from the same place.

Oftentimes, when I'm trying to get inspired, I'll find myself just staring at the wall and let the fans inspire me to get creative.

I think, in America, for a long time you had groups that wanted to be stars more than they wanted to make music.

I create stars.

Kill Rock Stars allowed me to put out a real genuine rock 'n' roll record.

People had this idea about becoming rock stars packing stadiums instead of having the goal of becoming what musicians used to be in terms of how they would perform and connect people.

There's enough music in the world. There are enough rock stars.

This is my chance to get out there and appease the fans of my music as well as show people that I do do standup comedy because a lot of people don't know that's where I started.

I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.