Quotes About Expression

To the extent that independent means you're willing to attempt to put your own ideas, personality, and commitment to the material on screen, then of course I hope I'm independent until the day I die.

Art does, to some extent, follow economics.

When you write a show, every character is you to some extent.

When you're playing in front of people, everything is external. It's all going from you out to an audience. When you're in a studio, it's very internalised, it's going from the air through you into this meticulously crafted, layered piece of work.

It's all about the music. Everything else is just extra.

As far as the creative side, the more I do this, the more I know that it's all about the writing. We don't always celebrate that enough, but without the writing, you can't do much. You got on a film sometimes, and it's sort of half-written, and they expect and think that the actor's job is to bring the extra part and the good part. It's not.

As artists, we have the luxury of experimenting with extra crazy things, but I feel like my aesthetic is very street-style and high-low.

If I have extra money, I always love to support my friends who're making art.

I don't think I present as gender-conforming on screen, but some people need a little extra information.

In the social-media environment that we're living in, everyone's got an opinion whether you want it or not. There's an extra layer to that as a female questioner.

When I try and extract what it is about my music that I do or love or try to create, I'm never aware of it at the time. I just make something.

The power of a close-up can be extraordinary, but you have to have actors who are able to reveal themselves.

Record making is an extraordinary experience.

My work is of me; it's not me. I want it to be far more extraordinary than I am.

When you sit down and there's nothing, and then you write a song and there's something, that's the most extraordinary feeling.

Self-expression should not be a challenge that demands extraordinary talent but should be a right accessible to all.

I feel like my Lion Babe look is an embellishment of my everyday look - it's definitely more extravagant and more artistic.

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

When you do something a little bit extreme or weird, it helps make it more interesting and more amenable to being written about.

When I analyse the music, I can get really extreme.

I'm not really allowed to talk about the Dead though. I think when we are at our best, we definitely do things that the Dead or no other band could do. We explore things and take things to the extreme.

For me, I am still very happy to be able to do stage design as it's an opportunity to express the extreme.

You can take that 'I'm an artiste' stuff to the wrong extreme, too.

I like dramatic ballets, particularly if they're ballets in which I have a chance to go from one extreme of style or characterization to another.