Quotes About Expression

I love Martin Amis.

It's funny, because, yes, there's a Marvel aesthetic, and yet no one ever said to me, 'we have to do a Marvel aesthetic.' So it was probably me more self-policing to make sure I was going to stay inside the box a little bit.

I really want to produce a record for Mary J. Blige.

Mascara, in general, is just so good if you don't have anything else. It just makes eyes pop.

If I'm going out and want to go crazy, I put on mascara - and that's it.

There was a time where I wouldn't go out of the house without at least putting mascara on.

People thought I wrote in a very 'masculine' way.

I wasn't a masculine kid; I was pretty effeminate.

The first mask I had was an original pale-white kabuki mask.

I have been interested in beauty from an early age. My sister used to put face masks on me and do me up with my mother's makeup!

I don't wear any masks. If I am happy, you get to see it; if I am angry, then you get to see that also.

The masks, for us, are more of a way to present ourselves live, you know?

You want to reach people, but you also want to reach them in the most authentic way. You now have a mass market and an audience that's listening, but they're in love with a song that means absolutely nothing to you.

Whatever the download thing has done to the game, you as an artist can get yourself out there to the masses, off your own back.

I set out to create a means whereby music could be a way of vindicating the rights of the masses.

I grew up listening to a lot of Massive Attack and Portishead.

It was easy for me to play someone with a massive ego. It's actually really fun to have the freedom to be that person.

I'm massively inspired by 'True Blue'-era Madonna, but she is absolutely confident and in control of the situation.

I'm never massively concerned about what somebody is wearing, as long as it makes them feel really good about themselves.

If you can not master your language you must be it's slave.

I think 'War Eternal' - if I'm allowed to say it - for me, it's a masterpiece.

Music is first for me. How the music makes me feel, it's like energy. It has to match my life. What's happening around me or to me. That's where it comes from.

The audience will find the artist who matches their interests. If you're not being true to yourself, your audience can't find you, because there's a wall up between who you are and who they're seeing.

Right now we're in the process of writing new material for a new record.