Quotes About Expression

Within reason, I can write what I like and spend as long doing it as is necessary. That is a luxury beyond price.

I'd rather be Vincent Price than a red-neck character actor. You can't predict what will happen.

We live in a democratic country, and I take great pride in saying that I'm from India, a country where democracy is worshipped and freedom of expression is part and parcel of any person's fundamental right.

Man, 2013, I would expect an album from B.o.B and a Rock EP as well. My Rock EP is like... I take pride in my work and I'm not going to do something just to say that I can do it if I ain't really passionate about doing it. I'm very passionate about my music. Sometimes I take it too seriously.

I have such pride in furthering the American musical and using it as a way to tell story.

Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.

Melodies are important. I always kind of pride myself on my melodies.

To me, doing a gay pride show is one of the most fun things. My first show that paid more than $10,000 was in a gay club on New Year's Eve in San Francisco.

I take a lot of pride in my songs.

At school I was a disaster, but when I would design, I could feel a sense of pride. I've always designed, and I would literally design everything I'd see: cars, bikes, motorcycles - everything.

I think that's what makes my music different from other artists in my lane is that I write every word that's on my album, and every word comes from a real experience or a real feeling that I've either experienced or felt. And I'm very particular about that, and I take a lot of pride in it, so you know if I say something on a song, I mean it.

I take a lot of pride in my photography.

If, at a party, I say I'm a poet, people have a hard time responding, almost as if I'd said I'm a priest.

When I write lyrics for Priest, I'm writing them for Priest. I'm not writing them for me.

Now that we do not have priests and philosophers any more, artists are the most important people in the world.

In retrospect, I'm really shocked at how far I put my heart out there on the line with 'Prima Donna'. I seem to have this knack for being able to accomplish that.

I really like Pat Parker. I really like Audre Lorde. I read a lot of the Beats when I was younger, so Diane di Prima, Gary Snyder. I've been discovering a lot more modern poems as well.

I think walking is a little more primal than art-making.

It's real primal; I just like playing music.

The expressive body is not literal; it's very primal, and that's what I feel when I make the best of my work. It's coming from a primal place rather than an intellectual place.

Music is primal: when it's done without pretension, you can really feel the shape of someone's soul.

I really like small, intimate shows, but there's nothing like playing at a festival. It's a completely different experience. Everyone is just a little more primal; they can get away with more things.

Primal Scream's 'Screamadelica' was one of the pivotal records.

There's a very primal, emotional response I feel when I hear flamenco.