Quotes About Expression

I don't know if they were all functioning, but I did play in a bunch of bands.

Acting isn't like being an athlete. There's no real quantifiable measure. It's just a bunch of people feeling things.

It is my greatest wish to teach children what I now believe: that writing is not a burden but a joy.

Stand-up is no bureaucracy. No one can tell me what to do or not to do.

I love to get on stage and burn it up.

Jive for me always gets me panting and burning the most.

When people have a passion and desire, it burns through and shows.

People think I can burst into song any time of the day, it's crazy.

We all have these emotions, but you never really want to own up to sadness. You want to bury it.

All I ever wanted to do was write songs and get on a bus and go play them for people.

I am not a businessman, I am an artist.

I'm not an artist: I'm a businesswoman. Well, maybe an artist/businesswoman.

I Bust-A-Move! Old-school style too: like, I'll bust a Robot out in a second.

I think everybody should have the right to do drag if they want to. Even if they look busted!

My parents were very artistic, but busy.

Years of imprisoning and beheading writers never succeeded in shutting them out. However, placing them in the heart of a market and rewarding them with a lot of commercial success, has.

We're never going to please everyone, but all the great Jewish comics have succeeded through irreverence and self deprecation.

When you're not concerned with succeeding, you can work with complete freedom.

It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.

The novel succeeds on terms exclusive to literature. A good film succeeds on terms exclusive to the cinema. That's why so many bad novels can become good movies, like 'Jaws' or 'The Godfather.'

Music is such a great communicator. It breaks down linguistic barriers, cultural barriers, it basically reaches out. That's when rock n' roll succeeds, and that's what virtuosity is all about.

For me, fashion succeeds when it says something about the times we live in.

An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.

I never assume success or crave it. I make what I love and then share it with everyone.