Lola Kirke Quotes

Now I am at the point people are believing in my music, I couldn't live with myself if I didn't talk about what I believe in.

It was my dad’s idea that music is supposed to be more than simply about entertainment and making a living, but about being of service as an integral part of the consciousness of the world. In honor of him and because it’s right, I use music in that light.

I'd love to do films, but I'd feel bad in my gut if I did anything just for the money. I want to wait for something I'm really passionate about, even if I don't work for a year.

I want to make people feel certain ways when they listen to my music. Whether it's partying or going through relationship problems or grinding or getting dressed and feeling fly. I want to be who I am and have emotion in my music that affects people.

I think you really have to remember what you loved about making music in the first place. Ultimately, people can be like, 'We've seen this dude in many movies,' but if they hear a song and they're feeling it, they can look past all the personal things and not hold it against you that you're also an actor.

I can take an opinion, but I don't like when you try and spew hate and contaminate the way other people think. I feel like I'm one of the people that's always made music for the common man. That's why I don't really live my life the way I could. I don't stunt as much as I could stunt, 'cause that's not who my music is for.

I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.

But i think it would drive me more crazy to just go do a movie that I didn't believe in, you know?

I just don't want to do crap movies, man, because I just love that I can get up and talk about them and talk to journalists about stuff that I'm really proud of.

You never want to make a 'message movie', but you always want to be talking about something that you care about.

A lot of scripts that I was given I didn't feel were right for me, because I didn't feel anything for them - I didn't feel like I was going to change in life and start directing.

I definitely promise to always make films about issues that matter to me.

I've always been a searcher - you know, a hunter. I'm certainly not the only one. They say actors shouldn't get political and everything, but you can't separate yourself. You can't disconnect yourself from anything.

I just genuinely feel that that's what you do when you're an artist: You stick up for the people around you.

It has always been important to me to be a creative artist, not to be a star, not to be rich, not to be famous.

My acting and activism go hand-in-hand, and they really support one another.

I'm still trying to do me and just make good music and quality music, music that you can feel.

I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am one thing, a musician.

An artist is above all a human being, profoundly human to the core. If the artist can't feel everything that humanity feels, if the artist isn't capable of loving until he forgets himself and sacrifices himself if necessary, if he won't put down his magic brush and head the fight against the oppressor, then he isn't a great artist.

I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.

One cannot demand of art that it pay you in any other way than in the satisfaction of the work itself.

You know when I think about what I'm doing - what I'm doing and the way I'm doing it is more important to me than any amount of money or anything like that because it's my artistic work.

I wanna make music that I feel proud of when I'm onstage, that I feel like I put my all into.

Starting off in music, the purpose of it was not to become like well known on the street and be famous. You know, I didn't even think about that part of being famous. Famous for making records, yes, but famous face in a woman's magazine, I never thought of that. I didn't want that.

I sometimes can't do movies just for the money. I really can't. I mean, I've tried. Believe me, I'd love to just take the money and run.