Quotes About Artistry

I don't ever get too literal.

I work very quickly. I only ever take one picture of one thing. Literally. Never two.

I actually had a week where I literally wrote four songs and all of them are on my album. But sometimes you'll go a week where you'll write songs and they never see the light of day. So that process takes a long time.

I guess I'm drawn to artists and literary people and want to learn about them.

I want to leave behind a literary legacy.

I am a literary animal. For me, everything ends in literature.

Good literature can be created only with something that is different from literature.

I've been obsessed with music since I was a little girl. I knew I wanted to be a singer when I was 9 years old.

There's nothing like performing for a live audience.

I am an artist. An actor performs, whether it's in front of the camera or a live audience.

There's nothing better than live music, I think.

It's not like making records is terrible. Still, I do find the writing of the songs and the live shows to be the things that give you the most clear picture of what it's all about.

If I was writing songs just for me I'd only play them in my living room, alone.

I cut up loads. I always want everything shorter, shorter, shorter.

No I.D. executive-produced 'Under Pressure' and helped me find the Logic sound that's evolving every day.

Making albums is a very lonely process sometimes. Sitting around working on songs, feeling the pressure.

Every song is a long process. First I have to write a story for it, and then to make it into a song, I have to make it short and then shorter - so it's not easy!

I've been doing music for the longest time.

The only way to have longevity is to have good songs.

I guess if you make quality music then it has a longevity and it will find its place.

In the studio, I like to have the music first: I'll sit with the music for like an hour, on loop, and just let it tell me what it feels I should do.

I used to do a show in New York that was loosely based around celebrity impersonations. I know what it takes to embody someone.

Well, I worked with lots of different artists, of course.

If I do my very best, then the camera and the audience will follow me, and eventually they will somehow feel like I feel. I don't have to show it to them. I don't have to speak it out loud.