Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Quotes

I'm still working on my career, still trying to learn from other artistes and develop my skills and my style.

I keep working because I learn something new all the time.

Television and cable have become the new independent films, in a sense, for writers and actors to gravitate towards. That's why I like short films, too; I love doing readings, audio books, working with young filmmakers; anything that keeps you from getting blase about yourself or in a rut.

I wouldn't say I'm changing myself to find a new audience. It's about growing, trying new things. There's a whole other world out there that doesn't know who Prince Royce is.

I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.

Modeling has given me the opportunity to travel outside of Brazil and see the world. I have been meeting many interesting and talented people along the way.

You learn a lot about each other from a tour, musically and humanly.

It's a wonderful profession, and it opens lots of doors, and I think it's quite right that people can accuse actors and actresses of being dilettante, but you learn on every job, whatever it is, the process moves you on in some way, and yeah, I want to expand my knowledge of our existence, I suppose.

Almost any film that you do is an opportunity to open you up and make you more aware of an area that you might not be thinking about. That's what is kind of cool, or one of the cool things about this profession.

I wanna grow and develop as an artist, and I feel like different kinds of collaborations can only help me in that way.

I felt that by the late '90s, I'd gone as far as I could with the keyboard.

When you're young, for God's sake, get out and try everything in terms of a career. Or go abroad, meet people.

Ultimately, I want a career where I get to try as many things out as I can.

As we get further into our career we're figuring out how to become more efficient as artists, and doing so many different things is testament to our cohesiveness as the Roots.

I was fortunate to work with the biggest names of the industry; I would like to continue this journey of discovering myself as an actor and keep experimenting.

One of the cool things about traveling and being a musician is that you meet so many people who have studied different things and have different careers.

I like to take on roles that help me explore a different side of me, collaborate with people who I've always admired or newer people who have something interesting to say.

I enjoy going to shows to study other artists. It is important to always remain a student to my craft.

My music would be very, very different if I haven't traveled.

As an artist, you tend to gravitate to the opposite. I know, when I finish a song or an album, I'm interested in doing something completely new. It doesn't always happen, but that's the idea. My poor fans - I don't know if they love that or hate that.

I know some people really try to avoid music when they're writing and recording, but I am very inspired by so many different musicians, and I need to learn. I sit around and try to play along to certain songs that I really love. It helps you explore new territory. I don't think I listen to enough.

Working is learning.

I want to write more and direct more, but only so I can keep practising my craft and be involved in the projects that really interest me.

When you work for someone, you never realise how much you are learning. It is only when you leave and you reflect back on life.

I feel like I've mastered Dave East. For a long time I was trying to figure out who I was and what sound I wanted to come with.