Quotes About Expression

As a kid, we had one television channel and a sad little roller rink. And there was not much else to do. So I used my imagination all of the time growing up. That's the main way I played. When we moved and I went to high school, I did my first play, and I was completely addicted to theatre. It felt like home; it felt natural.

On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.

A lot of my comedy is to do with being angry, then finding a way to channel that.

I have a lot of energy, and as you get to know me, you will quickly learn that! I channel my energy into my acting, my writing, everything.

When you're young and creative, you don't know how to channel all that creative energy, so sometimes it goes to the wrong places.

I think all my anger and hate comes out in the music; that should be the way you channel these things. It's like, I don't go out and beat people up, I do it with my guitar.

With all the cable and Internet channels you have available, you have so much opportunity. If you want to say something, you can say it and have people see it.

In times of crisis the artist must rise to the challenge and try to make sense from the chaos.

Whenever there was chaos in my house, whether it was arguing, being in a cramped space with all of us kids and screaming, I found an empty space where I could just put music on and move.

We're all going about trying to make beauty in the world and trying to make order out of chaos. And that's what art is.

I love mishmash and the chaos of art forms.

The chaos of my life has a lot to do with my hair.

Generally, my life is absolute chaos, but when I'm writing songs, it's very thought out and regimented.

There is so much restlessness and chaos in the society, and that's what music depicts.

Chaos to me is really important in music.

I think Sepultura, I have to say 'Refuse/Resist' is one of my favorite riffs. It's really energetic and I love the song. If you were to find a way to put the word 'chaos' into a song, it is the riff of 'Refuse/Resist.' It's chaotic, catchy, and heavy.

I'm not the sort of chap who can sit down and write music. When it comes, I'm happy.

Albums are chapters. They're part of a story.

Sometimes I am a different character in different languages. I have different enjoyment from them. Sometimes different answers come out of me. Like, I didn't even know that about me. I get to know myself through different languages, actually.

There is always going to be a little bit of me in each character.

I consider myself a character actor.

I do think I'm a character actor.

I was born a character actor.

Being a character actor, I can go on until I'm 70 or 80; I'm not bound to the way I look.