Rachel Stevens Quotes

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

I don't necessarily love all the collaborations that I've done; the more I work with other people, the more I realize that I want to work with myself.

If I'm going to go out to be a solo artist, it's because I want to do something different without having to wait on someone else's schedule or hobbies or be limited by other people's prejudices. I'd be kind of stupid not to exercise that.

I don't much like being directed. I enjoy being allowed to play.

I've been wanting to produce for some time because I want to have more creative control over the things that I do and not be victim to the whims of other people's desires.

I've avoided situations where I wouldn't have creative freedom.

I can't tell you how freeing it is to have my own label. For the first time in my career, I have total control.

Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.

I like to choose my own way forward. I really do want to create something that I personally like a lot.

I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.

It's a huge responsibility being a solo act.

I didn't want to just be an artist and let someone else have all that control over me. I knew I would have to produce.

I've gone places where they've told me what I need to do, what I need to say, who I need to be, what moves I need to perform. And at Impact I get to just be me. I have creative control to be me and do what I want.

I can't run my career based on someone else's ideology.

I'm solo, and I love being solo. I believe I went through the Roses so I could become a solo music-maker. That's what I believe.

I've lived my whole life in the life - I've lived my whole life doing the thing, I've been doing my own thing. And I think my life speaks volumes about what one must do.

I'm not trying to live anybody else's life.

I wanted to pursue my own thing - I had desires, ideas I wanted to accomplish, and I needed to be on my own for that.

Within the Universal deal, we've always felt like an independent act. We've never been told what to do. We've used their resources to our own design.

My music has always been my solo project.

I've done a lot of collaboration over the years, but right now I'm enjoying writing by myself and just being me again for a while.

I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.

And I love doing my own projects; that's what I've always wanted to do.

Everything in my career is my decision - every picture, every outfit. You get one chance at this, and I never saw myself as being a puppet.

With acting I am being led by the script, other actors, the director, etc. But with songwriting I feel it is much more self reliant and allows me to be in the creative experience without being as dependent on others.