Quotes About Expression

George W Bush is like a bad comic working the crowd, a moron, if you'll pardon the expression.

People forget that the same man who did 'Star 80' and 'All that Jazz' also did 'Pardon Me Miss But I've Never Been Kissed.'

How dare anyone, parent, schoolteacher, or merely literary critic, tell me not to act colored.

I would have rebelled against parental authority, no matter what. When I was 15, I started painting my face and making my own clothes.

On my albums, it's as though the parental advisory is built in.

I just always play these really extreme characters - they've all come with parental guidance stickers on them.

My father was the biggest influence on my own parenting because I became the complete opposite to him. He found it very difficult to show physical love, like cuddling and that kind of stuff, so I went the other way.

I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

I only came to Paris with the intention of showing what I thought was strong and beautiful. It just so happened that my notion was different from everybody else's.

When you do a lyric for 'April in Paris,' those who have heard it before can hear it in a different way now. It can add perspective to a great piece of music that does not have a lyric and may be inaccessible to lot of ears because people don't deal with complex music very well.

All I wanted was to connect my moods with those of Paris. Beauty paints and when it painted most, I shot.

I like 'Paris is Burning' by Jennie Livington.

The elementary school I went to, Valencia Park, was focused on the arts.

I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.

Genre expectations can kill creativity. If you do something different, it will get hated. The best filmmakers can do everything on the approval list and knock it out of the park. For me, I have a hard time being creative when I have to color in between the lines.

When I was in high school, the energy in hip-hop at that point was the park energy... I was just trying to develop my style at that point, and I think, when you're trying to find your style, you find yourself.

I wouldn't be as comfortable with who I am if it had not been for Prince. I mean, my label 'Wondaland' would not exist without 'Paisley Park' coming before us.

Lee Chang-dong, Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho. I think the three filmmakers tell the stories that they really want to tell. Their movies always reveal what they think must be told. I have a lot of respect for that.

I didn't know what the hell Charlie Parker was playing... I just liked the way he played.

I love guys like Charlie Parker.

You listen to Charlie Parker or John Coltrane before they found their voice, they sounded different. And when you listen to them after they found their voice on their instruments, they sound more confident and in control. Artists have that, too.

Charlie Parker said, 'Jazz comes from who you are, where you've been, what you've done. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn.' It's the same with the revolution.