Quotes About Expression

I think my favorite artists are honest artists, and as a songwriter, that's what you have to do. You have to be willing to put yourself out there in a really vulnerable way.

As cliched as it sounds, music is my only form of expression. So I have to be honest with myself, and with that comes being vulnerable.

I've always viewed writing as an outlet for being vulnerable and all that comes with that. You are able to let things all out.

You write these vulnerable songs as a sort of therapy, but if you don't confront people on a daily basis, it's not reality. There's still a bit of separation there.

I have to be vulnerable to allow myself to give the best performance I ,and that doesn't stop in between takes, and it doesn't stop when I am finished for the night.

Being vulnerable was difficult for me at first because I've said things in my songs about how I felt that I never told anybody.

I value the people who are willing to make themselves vulnerable and share work that is sensitive and maybe even hard to sing sometimes. Because that's the music that provides the most solace and solidarity to the world.

Singing, to me, just feels really vulnerable.

The main thing for all of us was having a ballad, a slower song. Finally, they get to hear more of a vulnerable side to us! We didn't really have that in 'Reflection,' and that's something we all fought for.

I'm glad I chose more vulnerable work about what is love and what is freedom and those kinds of things. But there's something innate in me where I always come back to characters with an edge.

Of course you have to provide for the vulnerable and the children, but also, the vulnerable and the children need art in some form or another. You need spiritual experiences that, I think, forms of art give best.

A line drawn with love can make us as vulnerable as what the line depicts.

To be a great creator, you have to be vulnerable. You're creating characters that have a little bit of yourself in them... And you want to know it's a safe environment for that.

I have this belief that we are so vulnerable when we open ourselves up to literature. We're reminded of these real parts of ourselves.

As an actor, we have to be so vulnerable that it's really hard to involve yourself with the other aspects of filmmaking.

The only thing I wanted to do in my music is be human and communicate all the aspects of that, which often means being vulnerable.

I feel like my music at least allows me to release the other side of me, a more vulnerable and sensitive side.

Ballet is something for which you need so much control and composure. And there's an element to acting that is the complete opposite. You have to be able to completely let go and reveal everything about yourself. It's about being very vulnerable.

I think a lot of comedians make the best dramatic actresses because they have a facility. They're very vulnerable. They're very open, like clowns.

People like Brel were sensitive and vulnerable; on stage, they dared to take risks.

I've always played different kinds of roles, and I probably played more vulnerable parts when I was really young.

I feel really held in being vulnerable. That's always been the kind of music that I've gravitated to as well, but to feel really supported by my audience in that is a real privilege.

With acting, it's my job to be emotionally vulnerable and accessible.

I can be more real and more vulnerable when I sing.