I've been asking myself: 'Why put together these things - CDs, albums?' The answer I came up with is, well, sometimes it's artistically viable. It's not just a random collection of songs. Sometimes the songs have a common thread, even if it's not obv...
The only logical thing I can think of is that I knew there were such things as artists, and I knew there were none where I lived. So I knew that to be an artist you had to be somewhere else. And I very much wanted to be somewhere else.
Sometimes you have to be a diva. All the artists I admire from Madonna to Whitney to Mariah have all been called divas. If you are strong, if you have vision, if you are an artist, you have to do what you believe in. And if you get called a diva for ...
When it comes to acting, I've always had a passion for entertaining and for making people laugh. On the music side, I really want to come out as an artist because I want people to see who I really am... artistically, I tend to be drawn to the darker ...
When you're from the East Coast or you're from the South, people expect you to sound a certain way. So if you don't sound that way, people won't label you as that type of artist. For me, I had a whole new lane to create for myself being from Pittsbur...
I do pinch myself, like when shows in non-English speaking countries are sold out, and people are singing my lyrics. I don't think I'll ever lose that; I'm always appreciative every day of the support I have as an artist, because I'm not a commercial...
I read a blog about this young filmmaker in the Philippines who made a short film, and one of the characters in the film reads my novel and then starts discussing the novel with someone. The idea that my book can inspire another artist and be part of...
I'm an artist at heart.
An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.
Neither black/red/yellow nor woman but poet or writer. For many of us, the question of priorities remains a crucial issue. Being merely "a writer" without a doubt ensures one a status of far greater weight than being "a woman of color who writes" eve...
Overregulation corrupts citizens and weakens the rule of law.
To work with Ken Branagh was amazing; it was always a dream of mine to work with a man as creative and talented as that.
Rule of art: Cant kills creativity!
I am interested in mathematics only as a creative art.
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.
Piracy begins where creativity ends".
Sometimes big problems are best solved with lots of small and creative solutions.
I've found constancy and balance between creativity and normality.
Disruptive innovation is entrepreneurs changing their industry with unique creativity.
Inspiration comes and goes, creativity is the result of practice.
