Quotes About Artistry

If there's a song that stops meaning anything to me, then I'll quit playing it.

When I do music, I have a hard time experiencing it like everyone else, because there's so much thought that goes into it. You can sometimes fool yourself into thinking it's better than what it is, which stops me from being creative on the next thing I do.

Someone gives jewelry, and there's a bit of romance. If you buy it from a store, the store is trying to romance you. Even when I'm making the jewelry, I have to be romanced.

I definitely don't want to only make music in the Christian genre. I want to expand and kind of dive into whatever else is in store. But that doesn't mean I don't love what I get to do as well.

Basically, I wake up at nine o'clock in the morning, go to different record stores, go to the studio, think up different ideas for songs. Just workin'.

I want to put concepts in front of people that make them laugh or smile or even hate what I do. I'm not interested in just putting clothes in stores.

I don't have a great eye for detail. I leave blanks in all of my stories. I leave out all detail, which leaves the reader to fill in something better.

It's about the stories. If I write 14 stories that I love, then the next step is to get the environment of music around it to best envelop the story, and all kinds of sonic goodness - sonic goodies.

You have to find what makes you stable in the storm. Then, no matter what's happening round you, no matter what the hype or the publicity, you can still manage to make leaps in your work as an artist.

A lot of times when you're making a record, you put your head down and charge forward until you're done. You just hope that the ideas hold up, because you're kind of lost in your own storm.

We have a lot of raw talent hidden in this country capable of taking on the world dance stage by storm.

Usually, when I'm rappin', I'm creating a big story or a concept song that sounds like a movie to me.

Professional cinema image-taking should integrate, serve, interest, and enhance the story. I judge cinematography not just for a story well told but for what the story is.

Every human is an artist. And this is the main art that we have: the creation of our story.

I think that fashion, for a long time, has been in a prison. Without freedom. I think that without freedom, with rules, it's impossible to create a new story.

You can get people to follow very intricate pathways of musical information, but it feels like a nursery rhyme or a children's story.

The method of producing comics in Japan is very hectic, but it's also rewarding because it's possible to do both the story and art all by yourself.

I'm not at my house storyboarding, and telling them they need to move from A to B, 'Move here and then there.' Never, ever! I used to storyboard when I was much less experienced.

The story of 'Libra Scale,' the storyline was created first, and then the music was created around the story line.

Creating is one thing; telling the story is one thing. I see myself more as a storyteller than a story creator.

I think, make it as beautiful as you can, and then rip it away. That's my sadistic thought as a storyteller.

Essentially, I'm a storyteller, and I make my living by telling stories, be they music or nonfiction or fiction.

I'm a storyteller. If I have that on my precis when I go, 'Storyteller,' I'm satisfied with that.

I consider myself a better storyteller than a Dungeon Master.