Quotes About Artistry

I believe in full albums, and whatever comes out of those full albums will come.

Albums are great but for an artist like me, I don't think albums are the way to go.

From when I was 18 I had an eight-album plan and I think I would love to make eight albums.

To me, one of the greatest albums I ever put out was the album I did with Statik Selektah.

I loved 'About Schmidt'. I like Alexander Payne's work a lot.

Alexander Gonzalez Inarritu is a great director. He's the one I first worked with. He's amazing.

I just wanted to perform all day, every day.

What I do is a little bigger than traditional country. I've been belting all my life, so I fit right in with the musical-theater style.

There's a lot of artists out there who are pretty big but don't write their songs, they just have a lifestyle brand. These are all things that I think are a great enemy to music.

It's very hard for me to place myself alongside another artist. Everyone has something unique to express.

I used to write at home a lot. I used to write a bit for Girls Aloud.

When I work on someone else's record, I'm happy to alter the way I approach it, if I happen to like who they are and I'm interested in their music. But I know it's their record.

Going international is my game. I've always wanted to do it, and after 'Aadukalam,' I got to meet Anurag Kashyap, the face of alternate Indian cinema to the world.

The minute the director said action, you could see a different version of Sridevi altogether.

I wasn't ambitious though I loved acting.

The message from 'Analog Man' is that I'm back, and it won't be 20 years until the next album.

If someone says Wes Anderson is an auteur, I'll believe it 100 percent. Fine. He's an auteur, but I'm not.

Andy Serkis is one of the best actors I have ever worked with. He might be the best actor I have ever worked with.

I really admire artists that are willing to take a different approach and a different angle to their shows.

When I see a film, I'll remember that there was a time when it wasn't working, and there was some pain and angst in order to get it to work.

I understand the angst of a filmmaker.

Acting is about animality. It's great to be allowed to be animal. But I feel more alive as a director. Every morning, I have to write.

The whole thing with animated movies is that it's very hard to get out of your head because it's very moving through each line systematically.

The question I get more than any other is, 'What does it mean to direct an animated film?' And the reality is that it's not a whole lot different from what you do in live action.