Quotes About Expression

I tried writing adult romances, but it just didn't fit my voice.

I'm probably the furthest from being romantic that you've ever seen; I'm not even close to being romantic in any way until I have to be.

I would love to make a romantic comedy.

I've had rooms that didn't come out to my liking.

Although it wasn't my era, Soul is the root of what I do.

I have a huge appreciation for music in general, but my roots are country.

I would absolutely love to do another Baz Luhrmann film, especially a 'Moulin Rouge' type picture.

I knew that the artists that I loved the most had something about them that was very unfiltered and very rough.

I was at a pretty rough school, and the only thing I was good at was art.

I want to know exactly how the first few measures are going to go, and the rough shape of a movement or the whole piece and its essential character.

Literature led me to freedom, not the other way round.

I was always that girl who loved music and thought of music as an escape route.

I sing. I used to think singing is going to be the route, and I still sing to this day. I still try to write lyrics.

My hair routine is to let someone else do it.

Each person's voice is very different, so you need to find what works for you. Make sure you keep to your routine.

I don't want to do sing-and-dance routine. I believe script is the king, so I would go for powerful stories.

'Routine' was written on piano, and you can hear that. But then you listen to 'Happy Returns,' and you can tell it's definitely been written on guitar, with that singer-songwriter-y strumming quality.

I've learnt how to develop routines. To play with each bit. To enjoy expanding on it. To get used to the stage being mine.

Seeing a woman project the kind of aggression that you have to project as a comic just rubs me wrong.

Not all art is great; most of it's rubbish.

Business people want things to be safe but that's rubbish to me. In music nothing should be safe.

I lapsed into rude.

If I hadn't had the rugby field to get rid of my aggression I would have been locked up a long time ago.

When it comes to art in general now, we've become so aware of our influence. We know when people are listening, when people are watching. It's not healthy. We start creating with that in the background of our mind. I think it's ruined my mind.