Quotes About Expression

I like conflict in songs.

Sensitivity, awareness, and conflict - these have catalysed my creative growth.

Being stupid and compassionate are not conflicts. Being mean and being funny and having something to say are not a conflict.

I dress differently, I don't conform to what golf is supposed to be.

I like that I don't have to conform to the normal women-in-music-selling-sex-appeal thing.

The first five albums I did, I tried a little bit of everything. I was trying not to conform at all.

I probably don't conform to most people's idea of a fashion editor.

The studio is the place for me to really confront my feelings and get it all out. I love being in that space and creating, doing what I love, making art.

I don't like confrontation; I just like to sing.

Being an artist and a human in this world always means confronting people who make you feel like you have to act according to their rules.

That's what I look for in music anyway: I want someone to confuse me to the point where I look inwards rather than at what they're doing.

I think a lot of artists get confused when people like their music; they think that means people know and like them. I'm sure there's an element of truth to that, but to me, the music I make is what I'm most proud of. I prefer to focus on that and for people to focus on the music, too.

You have to show the character is confused or scared or happy through your voice instead of with your face and body.

When we use terms we get confused, yet we have no other way.

I will wear chinos and Vans, and sometimes people will get confused. They're like 'Are you sure you're here to perform?'

My accent is very confused.

I think 'Black Dog' came out at a time where a lot of people were feeling quite low and confused in quite a chaotic space.

I write to make some sense of things that confuse me. The mechanics of my own heart are the most confusing I know about - and don't know about - and other people's are a bit confusing, too.

Acting is a form of confusion.

To write what is not dead on the page, one has to be open to all kinds of disturbances and challenges and confusion.

I enjoy this confusion. Heloise? Christine? Chris? Maybe I will be called C at some point.

I started to write my songs when I was 15 and living in the Congo.

When I was just writing books and giving lectures, if people disagreed, they just didn't buy your book or attend your lectures. But, if you're leading a congregation, people feel they have the right to tell you what you should or shouldn't talk about. And that hasn't always been easy for me.

I wanted to communicate and connect. I simply didn't seem able to do it.