Quotes About Artistry

I have such deep appreciation for artists who have the ability to create something from within, something completely unique and original to each piece of work.

Hip-hop is not one thing. There are 50 different approaches to making it and showing it.

My favorite artists are the ones that I can take their eight or ten albums, and I can see the arc of their life.

When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.

I thought I would be in a band like Arcade Fire or be like Fiona Apple - but pop just made sense to me.

LCD live was set up to be an argument about what's wrong with bands and why bands should be better. I always thought that we were so obviously not a great band, comically not a great band. I was not a great front man.

I'm very proud of 'Arise.'

I am a writer. It's like a third arm to me.

I heard Otis Redding singing 'These Arms of Mine' and I knew that was the band I needed.

To be able to put your arms around 24 years of music, it's really fun.

My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.

It would be arrogant to come to music only thinking about success.

Makin' records is one art form and playin' live is another. It's like the difference between makin' a movie and doin' theatre.

It's easier to be the art school band than to be the Beatles.

Oh, man, really, from the moment I could articulate, I was all about music.

Artifice is art.

Being an artist is in part an act of rupture.

I'm an artist at heart.

If only the people around you know you're an artist, then you're doing something wrong.

I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.

You get used to it when you feel like you're an artist.

There is nothing more happier for a father than to lose in his son's hands. I hope my son becomes a better artiste than I am.

What is important is satiating my creativity as an artiste.

As an artiste, you get a high when you are given roles that are challenging.