Quotes About Expression

There was a phase when I and people around me listened to Prince a lot. A lot. We took Prince fandom to the extreme.

I went through a Billy Idol phase. I had white hair when Peter Rizzo hired me at Barneys.

I did have an emo phase. It was sort of like armor for me.

I started getting into clothes when I was really young. And then I went through a phase in middle school where I didn't care at all. But after that, after high school, I really got into high fashion. Balmain, Givenchy, Louboutin, all that.

I love hip-hop. I have gone through many difference phases in my love affair with hip-hop.

I really enjoy the aesthetic of building my fashion sense. I enjoy the process of going through fashion phases.

I go through phases sometimes: 'I'm a genius; they get me,' and sometimes I'm like, 'Why does anyone want to hear me?'

I'm just writing less of my own music lately - I go in and out of phases a lot. Sometimes there are these accidents that just sort of happen, that are kind of waiting around the corner. I guess Modest Mouse was one of them.

One thing I love about Lady Gaga is I feel like her sound is always evolving and changing with her and her phases of life.

My favorite artists are able to take things to the edge or just over the edge. Miles Davis and Duane Allman, for example. It's about not playing too many notes. Those guys had lots of phases to their careers, but they always played with economy and intelligence.

Being creative and emotional, artistes sometimes go through difficult phases in life, but one has to look at life as a bigger canvas. It's like a big journey.

Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.

Chickenfoot is phenomenal. I can't believe the music we're making.

But I must tell you that dancing to 'Aapke Aa Jaane Se' from 'Khudgarz' was phenomenal.

My greatest joy comes from creativity: from feeling that I have been able to identify a certain aspect of human nature and crystallise a phenomenon in words.

I'm Phil Knight, and I don't believe in advertising.

I listen to a lot of Phil Collins.

But I'm interested in the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. I hear there are some of the worst Matisses there. I like seeing bad art by good artists. It's inspiring. I'm able to identify with them. It makes them real.

We are serious about our music here in Philadelphia, and jazz has meant a lot to this city.

I've blown myself up as a revolutionary and conscious artist. As a philanthropist and a performer.

When I go to the Philippines, I would like to take the time to express my gratitude by meeting with my Filipino fans first.

When people look at me, ask me, or say something to me, they know I'm Philly.

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.

I'm an artist, not a philosopher.