Quotes About Creativity

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

Longevity always come from lyricism. From the people who can actually rap.

My songs tend to be about love. It drives some of the greatest songs. I'm looking forward to seeing what people make of my writing.

I've always had fun looking forward, seeing where technology is going, and finding interesting ways of applying that to comedy.

People should be a little loony, Helena. That's the best thing about them.

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.

If you want people to be let loose, you can't over-control them.

For the auditioning process, I love to move my body around, maybe dance a little bit, get myself in a really loose place where I'm free to play.

I always like when things are loosely based on real events. That always makes it more interesting because there's a lot of research you can 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.

When I'm feeling a little empty in the head, I like to go see movies or read to loosen things up there.

I like to record records in Los Angeles. It's less distracting than New York, where I was based.

I don't think I'm egotistical, and I know what my limits are: I'm a black guy who's probably losing his hair. But I'm happy to play roles that I'm given, and I'm happy to play roles that I write.

I cannot write if there is a sense of plenitude. I have to hypothesize that there is a loss.

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

I think it's fun playing a part that lots of other people have played, in a way.

Look: the day I've made a movie that I think is really good, I hope I say it out loud so somebody can say, 'Then you probably made the worst movie of your entire career.'

Sometimes I'll lock myself in a room and dance. I'll turn music on as loud as possible and just get weird!

What am I afraid of as an artist? I guess I was scared before of just not being heard. But I'm too loud now.

I found I could speak louder and was more comfortable if I was doing it in someone else's crazy voice.

As a child, I wanted to go into advertising. I had a love affair with the advertising industry.

As I create art, it is like a love affair. My days go by loving what I do.

I get to go make music, and I get paid to do it, and this is what people love me for. I couldn't ask for anything greater, so how could I not go in the studio and make a million songs?

I always wanted everyone to love me, probably because I didn't love myself enough. But now I realize that when you're an artist, you're making the music that's in your head and in your heart, and not for any other reason.