Emily Rios Quotes

The ability to make somebody feel something: that's art. However you look at it, whether you're an author, a painter, a singer, a rapper, a spoken-word artist - art.

Music has always been a part of me and art in general. I love visual art as well.

So I don't think of myself as just a musician at all, I think of myself as an artist.

Sometimes I've found that by getting into a certain drag, or a certain feeling, you can cast off your mortal coil and really do something. I don't know if it's important, but it's something. It's entertainment.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.

I love acting because it's empowering. It empowers me.

I still love finding the soul of the characters I play and defining who they are. This to me is my paint set, and the colors are always exciting to choose.

I would love to be a singer if I had the talent for it. I'd love to be a graphic designer if I had the talent for it. Those are things I've always just admired - the work of other artists.

Whether it's music or acting, that creativity all comes from the same source.

Music isn't what I do. It's who I am.

Acting is an art form. If you are not creating something that's unusual and informative and at least has the possibility of being illuminating, then you are not into it as an art form.

You know, you become an artist, you become an observer, of life, and you digest life by making art about it.

I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself.

Acting and making music are quite complementary. Acting relies on someone else's writing and direction; writing music or lyrics doesn't. But they are both creative and personal in completely different ways.

Inspiration can come from anywhere. But I do love actors. I wish I could drop a bunch of names, but there are just too many.

I'm an actor. I love to create.

I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.

My music is a very personal reflection of me, whereas, acting a role, that's a reflection of another character.

Dancers are a work of art - they are the canvas on which their work is painted.

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

There a lot of other things I love to do. I consider myself as an artist, so I dance, I paint, I sing, so as long as I'm creating, I'm happy.

I love creating and being able to see an idea come to fruition. I love making beautiful things.

The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.

My paintings and comedy have a lot in common. They are both improvisations based on observation.

I think there's something beautiful about the art of making art, and it just will live and breathe.