Quotes About Expression

Growing up in postwar Japan has made me the person I am, but it is not why I do the work I do. It is a very personal thing - everything comes from inside.

I really don't do concept stuff very well. If I'm sitting thinking about what kind of song I want to write, within a few minutes, I'm kind of bored. It's just a personal thing for me.

A painting of a person can be descriptive, but for me it's about all the things that make up a picture - the feelings, the brushstrokes - more than describing somebody. People latch on to the personalities when they talk about my work and forget the other parts.

I can be a guy's guy and go to a game. But at the end of the night, I can still get dressed up for a date. There are a million different personalities that are part of me.

I just loved the idea of writing for different personalities all the time.

We'd like to think that our music will always be bigger than any one of our individual personalities.

I'm coming from the notion that acting is an art. It is not a business. It is about building characters, not about selling personalities.

That's part of the beauty of being an actress: you get to explore different facets of what it is to be a human being and what it is to explore different personalities, and actually, that's one of the things I love about it.

I like writing for individuals with really rich musical personalities.

I do have a few personalities. When people started making a big deal out of it, I started making names for these people.

The thing is that, they all had real strong personalities and real distinct identities, and I don't find most of the groups that are coming out now really do.

The great thing about acting is that you get to be a lot of different things in one lifetime. You get to explore different personalities and characters.

All these corporations don't want their drivers to ruin their image, so you can't say what you think. You're basically not allowed to have a personality. How can you have any heroes if you don't allow personalities?

I seem to be very attracted to strong female personalities in acting and music.

Acting while I'm singing just kind of happened because I'm a hambone at heart, I guess. And I'm a Gemini - I've got several personalities to access as an actor.

I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to designers, but I love going to fashion shows just to see the other personalities that show up. It's such an eclectic group, and everybody is sort of like an artist.

It seems to me a lot of drivers have lost their personalities or are not able to express themselves. However, it's a very commercial market, and manufacturers have a far bigger say than ever before.

I love people who have distinctive, unique personalities who are not in assembly lines and have something to offer.

I want to create a platform where dancers can be creative away from their day jobs. I want them to be able to express their joy, their personalities and to have fun.

But I feel like I have two personalities when it comes to being around people, and then being on the field is a totally different person.

I love how the sewers express their vision. They all have their own personalities, and that's what they bring to the room.

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality.

The personality of the wearer and the hat makes the hat.