Quotes About Expression

I was always getting told off by my choir teacher for, you know, riffing when I shouldn't.

I was in show choir in high school.

All my voice training comes from choir and small ensemble singing.

As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true.

Problems arise only when an artist chooses to be above the art. Not otherwise.

Bad Name' is just that head-nod, traditional loop over a breakbeat, chopped up, and it sounds like the way I do my thing.

I was never a wallflower - I put my head on the style chopping block.

As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.

We'd hold a chord for three hours if we could.

I'm a guy who doesn't know the name of the chord, but I know that it sounds good.

Lately, I love creating ideas on my acoustic guitar. I sit in my living room for hours trying different chords.

There's only seven chords, so you got to use the same ones over and over. It's all in what you do with them.

There are only seven chords, and I believe every song has already been written.

When I first started writing songs, I was almost quite embarrassed that I couldn't read music and I still to this day don't really know what chords I'm playing, I don't know the name of them.

Maybe that's what makes my stuff different, 'cause I write it all on the bass. I can't play but a few chords on the guitar, so the bass works just fine for me.

I was driving home and thinking about what rock and roll should be about. 'Adventure and Trouble!' I thought. I sang the song first and then added the chords later.

I wanted to have absolute control over my music - from the chords and the voicings of the songs to the arrangements and the production.

We didn't want to be another post-Libertines band singing about London and playing chords.

I like to sit and talk to someone, and if they want to write about it, OK. But when it's a chore, I have a choice. There's a choice for all of us, including me.

Music shouldn't be a chore or feel like any kind of burden.

Writing is a chore.

While I love dancing, and even acting in 'ABCD' - 'Anybody Can Dance' - was fun, I remain, at heart, a choreographer.

I'm not a good choreographer: I can't remember what I put down.

I'm a choreographer and a director, and I have no ambition beyond that.