Quotes About Expression

To me, comedy and music are not even really separate entities.

It is clear from Salman Rushdie's writing that politics and literature cannot be separated. Everything is political.

There's no separation anymore between who I am and what I create.

I don't want to be someone whose shot takes you out of the dramatic sequence or takes you out of the emotional story that you're trying to tell or says, 'Hey, look at this cool shot I have here.' To me, that's not right.

I wanted to do music that was a little more sentimental, emotional, and serene - completely different from the party music I was doing.

Funny is when you're serious.

People take music too seriously.

Sometimes you say punchlines or say things in music and you may not even know any seriousness behind it. You're just trying to say something in the moment to catch attention.

Art must not serve might.

I just serve others through entertaining. That's when I am happy.

I think in any form of acting, you're always well served if you've done theater.

You try, as an actor, to wear a mask; you're serving a story.

I feel that when you connect something that you do, especially serving food, and connect that together with words - I think it's very important.

I give my heart in every single session I've done, and I get into the music. I love all kinds of music, and I try and really be as authentic as possible and give from my heart.

I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.

I find it hard to settle into a normal, routine environment.

Twitter's great because people can say whatever they want, they can feel like they're the biggest hero or they can just be a fan but just settle down, it's ridiculous.

I loved the seventies.

I am very inspired by the Seventies.

I think what's so attractive about acting is that you get to live several lifetimes in one.

You can teach people to sew, set up a fashion shoot, send emails, deal with the media, but what you can't teach is a sense of style. You've either got it or you haven't, it's as simple as that.

My daughter does sewing, needlepoint and very good drawings. My son plays the piano.

I wasn't a very academic kid, and music was the way for all that feeling and angst and sex and love and anger to be channelled.

When you write, you are not either sex. But when you're read you are definitely gendered.