If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.
Yeah, I know, any time you hear an actor say, 'I do music', you cringe. But I want to be gradual with my music. I want to earn my stripes.
Whether it's music or acting, that creativity all comes from the same source.
A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O.
Other people notice the same things but they don't think to put it to music.
Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
Living in the U.K., there is no way to know whether anyone in India likes my music, but I was surprised to see people singing along while I performed in Pune.
Twitter helps me connect to the people who help make my music, or the cycle of an album, complete. Without them experiencing the music, it doesn't really exist, so it doesn't make sense to not involve them.
There's this idea of a star, and this person is very aloof and writes all the music, and they don't talk to anyone unless they go through the record label. And I always felt very uncomfortable about that.
But anyone who knows anything about the music industry knows it's not only about the music.
I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And they'll tell you if you ask.
Just, you know, you can't put bread in a cold oven. You know, you've got to take your time. You've got to heat it up. So that's what, that's what I like to do with my music. I like to build it, and build it into a maddening, exciting crescendo.
For an actress there is no greater gift than having a camera in front of you, listening to the most beautiful music in the world and just being looked at!
For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music.
But it wasn't just a technical approach towards the piano, studying the music for this film was also a way of approaching the soul of the film, because the film is really about the soul of Schubert and the soul of Bach.
Lou Tyrrell has created a theatre that is a safe haven for playwrights, a birthing center for new American writing. Arts Garage has created a vital, enthusiastic audience for theatre, music, painting and sculpture in Delray Beach.
The patterns of big-band music are smooth and classical. It's got to be fresh. The brass section should crackle, like the sound of eggs being dropped into hot grease.
Their eagerness for the big-band music and their ability to grasp the essence of it made me realize that today's generation has not been properly exposed to the big-band sound.
I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, you're not beholden to anyone.
To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
