Taeyang Quotes

My dream is to do whatever I want without any interference from the record company.

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.

As a novelist, you have to be free. Books can't be an act of filial duty.

People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work.

Artists can do whatever they want!

The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period. When you work in movies, or on TV shows, there are 50 other people involved.

It was important that I got my own voice out there in the world. I'd used it on other people's films, collaborated, and I thought, 'You know, I can do this myself.' That was more important than anything else.

The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does.

I am a poet; I am not a worker. I need to be free.

I was never your average artist, happy to do whatever the record company told me.

To be able to create an album where you are in complete control of your own work is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an artist.

I am not really interested in only showcasing my life or work but plan to produce, write and create work that is solely my vision.

I can only do music if I can do it the way I can do it.

I want to be my own artist and reflect my creativity.. I don't want to be turned into a pop princess; that's not who I am.

There are no rules when I'm making stuff. That's why I'm glad I'm not signed. No one's telling me I got to drop this type of single or this video.

I like artists to have some freedom.

When you make music on your own for so long, you get used to just doing whatever you want.

Any time you turn off and let someone else make any artistic decision for you, you make a mistake.

You learn early as an actor that creating your own material is the only way to have any control.

Musically, between me and my fans and also me and my team, who between management and record label have always just let me be me, it's fun to pave a path. It's fun to feel like you're doing things your own way. So in that regard I haven't had to worry about any bar but my own.

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

Weezer isn't stuck in roles, so we just do what we want to do, what makes us excited.

To me, writing is much freer than dancing. With writing, you could do it whenever you wanted. You didn't have to do little exercises and stay in shape. You could have great moments of inspiration that advanced the story. In dance, unless you're going to choreograph things yourself, you're at the service of someone else.

I never think about what others are doing. I do a film for myself, not others.

I believe in creative control. No matter what anyone makes, they should have control over it.