Quotes About Artistry

What leads me is the conviction that as an artiste, attempting versatile roles will help me improve.

I want to be one of the most versatile rappers in the game.

I'm versatile, so however the beat makes me go on it, that's just what it do.

While composing the music for 'Romeo,' I will be very versatile.

We are so excited to be touring and showing audiences the versatility of the cello.

I believe versatility is key for any artist.

As an artist, you have to express yourself. I make no excuses for my versatility. I grew up singing classical arias, but I love rock n' roll and jazz standards.

I needed to explore my talent and versatility and see if I had another side to me, another sound.

Me jumping on a song with Ariana Grande is just showing versatility, you know what I'm saying?

Even writing verses from my first album, there were songs that I didn't use because I just felt that they weren't really for me. But I think that happens naturally when you write songs. You're in a different mood in every session. There's so many songs out there that could potentially be used by other artists.

My passion is bringing storylines around and constructing a full body of work rather than just a 16-bar verse.

Do it again on the next verse, and people think you meant it.

I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.

I've always been a spontaneous singer. And all the stuff that you hear on the end of the songs, what they call the ad libs - that just comes out of my head. That's not thought out at all. I have the verses and the choruses, and then after that it's total improvisation.

I just write verses. I don't write all day long. When I have something that needs to be said, I just write it down on my notepad in my iPhone.

It takes us long for a reason, but the end result is: we all completely believe in, not just every verse, every chorus, every bar is scrutinized, and that's the result of what you'll hear on this record.

The turnaround is when you have a solo in betwixt the verses. You stoppin' to have a solo.

People think the chorus is the hard part in 'Take on Me,' but they're wrong. The hard part was making the verses bounce.

I like the sounds of EDM; the guys create new sounds, beautiful sounds. The melodies, it's a little less. I like the kind of melodies I did with Donna Summer, or 'Flashdance,' where you have a verse, a chorus - a song setup.

I heard Nirvana, and discovered that songs could be like poetry, but a little bit more refined: you didn't have to have 20 verses to get your point across.

Poets these days, like artists and composers, have won for themselves almost unlimited freedom. You can pass yourself off as a painter without being able to draw, as a composer without being conscious of key relationships, and as a poet without making yourself familiar with traditional verse forms.

I just start playing music and eventually I sing something, a line of a verse or a B section or a line of a chorus, and the line that I end up singing is related to the music I'm playing, if that makes any sense. And I go from there.

I never edit the songs that come out. And they tend to come out as a whole. The closest thing I have ever done to editing them is just cutting out a verse, but never rewriting lyrics.

Sometimes I write from the end of the verse to the beginning of the verse.