Quotes About Expression

Everyone I know has a predilection for sharing words.

With my songs and music, it's a way of sharing things with people that really have to do with me.

'Eagle vs Shark' is a little film I could take risks with and make mistakes on.

I secretly want to shave my head.

I believe one doesn't have to shed clothes to look sexy!

I run away from super-bandage-style Herve Leger dresses. I think it's sexier for a woman to be in something sheer and loose.

I really don't have any shelf music.

I started writing books because I couldn't find the books I wanted to read on the shelf.

I'm more attracted to art that smashes than I am attracted to art that sits on a shelf and is beautiful.

The shelf life of an artist or musician isn't particularly long.

I want everybody including myself to be working just as hard towards the same goal, and if that's not happening I think it's only right to voice that opinion instead of going into your shell and not speaking about it.

When I was a kid, I used to make up all these characters. I love comedy a lot, and I don't get to do it often. Somewhere in the middle, I shifted into doing drama.

Live theater is an amorphous art, constantly shifting and evolving with every performance.

I think hip-hop always shifts culture.

It's important for African-Americans to express themselves, period. We're 400 years behind. We should be able to shine whenever and however we feel.

You make up a character, there's always gonna be parts of you that, like it or not, shine through.

Sometimes, you write things that sound really great when you're at home but don't work when you shine the light of an audience on them. Great writing and live writing are two separate things.

Basically I feel like my role is to find great songs with the artists, for the artists, and have them shine.

When you write, what's going on in your life shines through in the songs.

I feel a bit like a magpie attracted to shiny things.

I always love long shirt dresses with hand painting on it. It's just wonderful.

I wouldn't want to finish my career with the number 20 shirt; I say everything with that.

I'm comfortable with my shirt off.

My goal isn't to shock.