Nia Sharma Quotes

I began my career as a recording artist, and eventually I started directing my own music videos.

Shooting the music video for 'Party' on Thailand's Ko Samui Island was such a blast.

I've noticed that a lot of people in film always seem interested in music videos, like it's some, like, really exciting thing they've always wanted to do or something.

Shooting the 'Torn' music video was a dream come true.

The music video, Lil Nas X, he asked me to be in the 'Panini' music video. It was crazy. I was just listening to the song and I was like, okay, this is going to be my first music video but it was really fun.

Shooting a music video sometimes can be a job.

'Take It EZ' was actually the first video I ever produced for.

My record company had to beg me to stop filmin' music videos in the projects. No matter what the song was about, I had 'em out there.

My new music video, 'My Life' featuring Eminem and Adam Levine, the only person in the actual video who you can physically make out besides myself and Adam Levine is Andre Dirrell.

I dropped out of school at 17 and joined the Irish band The Frames, getting my first glimpse into the world of professional film making while shooting of a number of rock videos.

You get to actually see the music video on the TV in the pilot and we have the soundtrack playing at this big party. I thought that was sort of a cool moment, to actually have the A-Ha video is pretty cool.

I've always dreamed of doing a music video.

I was an extra in a Tia Carrere music video.

'Shelby Star' is going great. We shot a music video, and I'm building an app and some other things for the project.

I'm in Atlanta all the time shooting and recording. That's why I stayed.

When we were trying to come up with a concept for our music video for 'The Stage' we basically run through a lot of different ideas, and ultimately, I sat and studied the lyrics that Matt had written - and they really resonated with me.

You have to remember, videos were on the rise back when we did 'Take On Me.'

Video is a funny thing. It's one thing to be an artist, singer-songwriter, and use words and create pictures in people's minds. And then be asked to do video for it, to actually give a certain visual for your song.

I was very pleased to find that once I had records out music videos were starting to happen, so I directed some of my own music videos and got to experiment in other areas of expression.

Music videos were this lucky career opportunity. They were assignments. I was providing a service, and they were meant to be punchy and gimmicky and fun.

Videos have to go hand in hand with your music, so that's why, ultimately, they should be created by the artist. And if they're not, it doesn't really add up to me.

Snoop Scorsese, that's my director name.

Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.

I'd do entire music videos in my bedroom, where I used to stand in front of my television memorizing the moves to Michael Jackson's 'Beat It.'

I've always loved music videos - I used to make my own for bands like Pearl Jam. My favorite directors are Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, and Patrick Daughters.