Quotes About Expression

I can't satisfy myself with just trying to tie all of my imagination into music, especially when music is not appreciated as an art form as much as it used to be.

If one more 'journalist' makes a cavalier statement about me and my band, I will personally or with my fans' help, greet them at their home and discover just how much they believe in their freedom of speech.

Music is the strongest form of magic.

I never said to be like me, I say be yourself and make a difference.

I think art is the only thing that's spiritual in the world. And I refuse to forced to believe in other people's interpretations of God. I don't think anybody should be. No one person can own the copyright to what God means.

When we stop fearing failure, we start being artists.

Writer's block is just another name for fear.

To live a creative life we must first lose the fear of being wrong.

Sometimes I fear those noisy words boiling in an unsettling cauldron.

If you're frightened of the countless number of books in the library, you'll never write anything, until you close your eyes and hold the pen.

Never be afraid to share your story. No one can tell it like you can.

The greatest artists express their inner self

The expression of your heart is beating beneath your fears

My other creative outlet is knitting; aside from being fun, it is my antidote to the film business: I have full creative control, there is no development process, and I can self-finance.

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

Oratory is good only if it has the qualities of fitness for the occasion, propriety of style, and originality of treatment, while in the case of letters there is no such need whatsoever.

Art, in other words, betrays a sexy mental fitness.

Sing because this is a food our starving world needs. Laugh because that is the purest sound.

If you are what you eat then feed me dope.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

Sometimes, in the deepest moments, there are no words. There is only food.

We need art as much as we need good works. You need it like food. You need it for inspiration to keep going on the days that your low. We need each other in that way.

Saying 'Preach the Gospel Daily, use words if necessary' is like saying 'Feed the hungry, use food if necessary.'

Alfred Austin said, "Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."