Quotes About Expression

Some people might go to the gym and swim laps, but I write songs. Every single day, I write something new and record it.

Whenever you're trying to do your own take on a classic piece of literature, it's almost like you're trying to swim up your own stream or drive down your own path.

I love Adult Swim. They give you so much artistic freedom.

It's so hard to express yourself, because swimmers are pretty much paying attention to a black line for hours out of a day.

A book is kind of like a river; I simply jump in and start swimming.

I think I'd struggle to get excited by synchronised swimming.

Your emotions are exposed when you play golf: humility, pride, anger, it all comes out with each swing. You lay it all on the line.

The main three components are the blues, improvisation - which is some kind of element that people are trying to make it up - and swing, which means even though they're making up music, they're trying to make it up together. It feels great, like you're having a great conversation with somebody.

I think Billie is the kind of girl who would let her hips swing loose.

When I first started out, I was really attracted to having my own sense of style because I started swing dancing, lindy hop, and jitterbug.

Swing dance has been a part of my life since I was born.

I think the word soul has gotta come into it. Music that's created just for consuming lacks that soul, that swing, that feeling.

I'll do a cappella stuff, rock 'n' roll and swing stuff.

For some reason, the concept of writing with swing chords was intimidating.

I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me.

As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality.

I think I have my own sort of distinctive swing, for sure. I think that's something that comes really natural to me, to push against the beat and kind of explore a triplet feel behind everything just to see what that feels like.

As far as working with Kanye and Solange, that was amazing. After 'Swing Lo Magellan', I needed a change. Getting to work in that capacity, writing for other people and working for other people as a writer and as a person who's not representing it as the front person or whatever - it's such a different perspective you can get.

In black culture, you know, we used to go swing dancing. We used to go out to go dance and actually have fun.

I like to make music that feels good, that I can listen to with my mom and dad. I don't think you'll see me swinging on a wrecking ball any time soon! But if I do, that will be a day! My dad might have a heart attack.

What I was drawn to the most about the Flying V was the weight distribution with the way I move on stage. The V just swings perfectly. It's a great way to stay balanced, because I like to dance, and I'm a bit of a flail-er. The guitar centers me, and for me, it's a really good balance.

I'm motivated every second by my work; it doesn't switch off. The pictures I make come from every blink of my lashes.

All my collaborators unilaterally said that I need to just stay on one idea for longer. And of course I understand that. I like to switch gears a lot, and I like this kind of sloppy attitude.

I use this method to bring emotion into my performance. I recite my lines in English first, and then switch back to the original lines when shooting begins.