Quotes About Insight

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

I'm always being told I've got an old head on young shoulders, which is probably due to the way my mum and dad brought me up.

Mumbai was magical, which I was really surprised by, and I got an insight into the world of Bollywood while hanging out with some Bollywood film stars while there.

A lot of my songs are inspired by a muse of some sort, whether she's real or not.

Everything can be grist for the muse. Sometimes, writers draw on personal experiences. 'Ghoul' was just that.

Shouldn't a great museum foster serious seeing before all else?

Most people wouldn't know music if it came up and bit them on the ass.

I've seen the highs and lows not just of the music business but of life.

I've been through a heartbreak and seen the business side of the music industry. Now I see things clearer.

The experiences that I've had in the music industry have given me a learning curve.

Musicians always respected me because they knew I'm a huge music lover and I know what I'm talking about.

Going through this musical experience really helped us to understand the core of the film.

Having grown up in musical theatre, I know what works and what doesn't.

Musically, I just like when people are knowledgeable about music and they can talk to you about it.

I'm always just referencing whatever I'm listening to or wherever I am musically.

It is important for the musician to learn as much about the composer as possible and to study the music he has written. Then, even a short piece by Brahms or Chopin can be played with much more understanding.

I will say, as a woman, when you put a mustache on, you find out a lot of things about yourself.

My generation is so intelligent.

My generation knows the cost of short-sightedness in Iraq.

I've had so many coaches that have helped me along the way through my journey, who understand me and know me as a person.

My journey is not to be a star but to become as aware a person as possible.

I think about my journey sometimes.

One of the great advantages of my time spent in movies and in basically every role possible, both in front of the camera and behind the camera, that I've gotten to see all these different ways that people work and the way movies are constructed from the inside out, from beginning to end.

My time in documentaries was very educating, in terms of life experience as well as the filmmaking side of it.