Quotes About Expression

The more restrictions you have, the easier anything is to write.

When you're not the lead, you don't have as many restrictions.

It's nice to have the creative freedom to write about whatever and no longer feeling those restrictions I had when I was 15.

Honestly, playing negative roles is much more fun, because there are no restrictions.

If you're applying for a creative position, don't be afraid to get a little creative on your resume.

I think one thing that's amazing about 'Resurrection' is that we weren't afraid to lay it all out there lyrically.

The day I write a totally happy song... I'll retire.

It took me almost wanting to retire to realize that you need to ask for what you need. Everybody needs something different, but whatever it is you need, you need to ask for it and figure out how to get it.

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

I do think people do pick movies that reveal something about them that they aren't always aware of. If you ask them what kind of an actor they think they are, they'll probably tell you something different than what they've actually done.

Sometimes I think it's the responsibility of the artist to reveal a little more of themselves.

What writing does is to reveal.

I'm interested in telling a story about a gay man and what he's going through as an artist and as a lonely, single gay man. I want to reveal what I know about loneliness.

I reveal myself in my movies.

People are gonna listen to the music whether or not I reveal myself.

Sometimes, I use humor because I believe in revealing truth in a way that other forms cannot.

Watching somebody sing reveals a lot about character.

A woman reveals so much by what she's wearing.

Sometimes the writing leads to the revelations, not the other way around.

Let's take fashion seriously, but not ourselves so seriously. Or reverse that, maybe don't take fashion so seriously, but take yourself seriously. Actually, don't take yourself seriously, that's for sure. So, yeah, take fashion seriously, just not yourself.

I actually hate lyrics, and I hate it when they're quoted in reviews. I don't think they matter that much; it's the sounds of words - not the words - that I look for.

At the end of the day, I would love for the artists that I give positive reviews to to continue coming out with music. That's ultimately what I want as a fan.

I hate editing. I love to write, but I hate to reread my stuff. To revise.

I think there's very little interesting in art that is not transgressive in some way. And I don't think that's a very revolutionary thing to say.