Quotes About Expression

I have always felt that art, especially music, is but a demonstration of God.

I do try to separate my personal activism - showing up at a demonstration or something - from what I write.

Here's the way Static-X has always worked: I write all the songs by myself - totally and completely by myself - I give demos to the other guys, and then they add their parts to it, and then we argue about stuff and compromise and it turns out being Static-X.

I write songs for the same reasons most artists write songs -because I have to, whatever that means. Because I want to talk about myself or have demos that need to be sent off. I like doing it. It's my job and I like doing it. For the most part, it's pretty easy for me.

When we make demos of our songs, we do our demos in English - the whole song's in English.

I think that democracy has a lowest common denominator thing going on, so it might be the best of a bad bunch of political systems; but as a way of making art, actually, its not always that great, because it boils everything down.

There was never a moment when I thought I'd be a dentist, I've always wanted to perform.

I could never deny myself bein' an artist.

You literally cannot deny the fact that rock and roll was born because of blues, and blues is black man's music.

All the best art and music feels like some type of truth - even if it's really simple - that you just can't deny. A listener can feel that.

I'm an emotional person. I'm not going to deny that. If I feel a certain way, I'll express it on the track.

In fact, many rock critics look askance at explicitly political lyrics, which I think is pretty stupid, without denying that some political lyrics are also pretty stupid.

There is no denying that working with international artistes gives the music a different feel.

As an artist, we depend on our face as a source of living.

So, to come In with a set routine it's something I've never believed in. It should depend on how you feel, because you play what you feel.

My style go with me. It depend how I feel, what is my state of mind.

Being an actor, we're so dependent on the writers.

Dancing is something I do. Not something I just want to do. It's something I just do, depending on how I'm feeling. I don't see myself taking that as just a job.

I love people who dress how they feel and change it depending on the day.

Depending on what you allow, you can still get the blues, man. I'm still trying to figure out where the blues really lies, where the street is.

A word can change so much depending on how you say it, or how you sing it.

My livelihood depends on the art of animators.

What people don't understand is that how you are as an artist depends on how you are emotionally.

The Gaelic language itself depends very much on ear and rhythm, and when those who are thinking in Gaelic speak in English, they get the same rhythm.