Quotes About Artistry

We are His greatest handiwork even though we are still a work in progress.

It feels amazing to work with writers that write really well.

I feel like all the artists that I really love, they've had a strong contingent of people who really hate their work as well.

The goal of the work is always for it to come across as original material, as transformative material.

Music is my life. The only other thing I've done is office work in different places. But no real professional career other than singing.

I've been very lucky to work with many amazing animators and directors who can interpret and extend the music I make. When it's done well, it can create extra meaning and new context for the song.

There are a lot of decisions to make, creatively. Now, with digital, you can really be the author of your own work. From the beginning to the end of the process, you control everything.

I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost

I believe a great performer is someone who sounds just as great live as they do in the studio and vice versa. They should know how to work the stage.

Writing is not hard work, it is simply an obsession.

There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes.

I look for something that grabs me and that's heartfelt, and that's coming from a good place. I want to work with good actors and with directors that I can learn from.

It doesn't matter what medium I perform, I just love to perform in general, if it's good work.

My idea of the real aristocrat is the master workman, no matter what his line of work may be.

Whenever any great song or album gets lost in the ether, someone is deprived of the joy of hearing it, and the great effort of those who created and recorded the work is damaged.

I can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way than through my work.

Imagination helps the realism of every detail, and only sees the beauties of the work.

I guess this is cliche, but I'd love to work with Kanye West, Mark Ronson, Diplo.

I don't really have a historical overview of my work at all. I'm not an art historian. I don't see that there's this period and that period.

It's tough to watch a movie you're in - you put everything into it, you want everything to work, and you never know until you see it all together.

Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.

That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise.

I don't think I am evangelical in my work.

For an actor, style comes last. You first have to implement the whole thing, but your style comes from the subconscious, which is the best part an actor brings to his work.