Quotes About Artistry

I don't want to sell my soul to Hollywood - to just make run-of-the-mill stuff.

Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on, and sometimes he comes up with something really nice.

I doubt I'll ever pay someone to do a remix again, because there's some amazing stuff just coming out of bedrooms.

Some of the stuff that I say on 'License to Ill,' I say some real dumb stuff.

It took me a long time to stumble upon a sound, and I figured out I wanted to kinda sing rapper's lyrics.

The art of songwriting is just stumbling your way to something really special, and you don't know what you're going to write until you are writing it. There is no formula. And, sometimes, you really have to work at it and hunker down.

Broadway was life-changing because it pushes you mentally, physically, emotionally - every way that you can be pushed. It makes you feel like there's nothing you can't do. It's like doing your own stunts.

Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid.

I think the motion picture industry is a stupid business and I despise acting the scenes in short snatches, one at a time. I hate this film work. I am disgusted with myself. On the stage I could never play a part unless I felt it with all my heart and soul.

I enjoy singing my songs in front of people. I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that.

All good actors are very bright. You can't be stupid and a good actor. You may be inarticulate, you may not be highly educated, but all good actors are quick-witted, some of them dazzlingly so. All you do is guide them.

Songwriting is like editing. You write down all this stuff - all this bad, stupid stuff - and then you have to get rid of everything except the very best.

I think every artist needs a rule that's stupid but that helps him, like a deadline would.

When you hear a banjo through stutter edit, it's the coolest thing you ever heard.

I feel like with '2.5,' I created another style that nobody else is coming with.

I guess if you can't sing, you better have a style!

The essence of style is a simple way of saying something complex.

I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.

I don't see Arijit Singh as a competition at all. That's because we both have a very different style of singing. In fact, I really appreciate what he's been able to bring to the playback singing industry.

Style is not fashion.

It's good for a story to have a strong style.

My style influences my music and everything around me.

Establishing a style is important, it really is, but a lot of singers get so involved with their instrument, and more so than they do in what they're singing. I think you really have to think about what you're singing. You have to make the public believe what you're singing. And in order to do that, you have to believe it.

I never think about my style but just try and make the pictures look believable.