Diljit Dosanjh Quotes

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

The Indian film industry is very, very vibrant. It is a mix like it is in Hollywood - there is a lot of highly commercial cinema.

I want to be as creative as I want. I don't ever want to have to compromise; I don't ever want anybody ever to tell me what to do, I don't ever want to argue with somebody because of my vision.

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.

You should do the sound that you want and not what others want.

Really I've just gotta be making really great music that I love and not worrying too much about what other people are gonna think about it.

An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.

Others may be able to accept standards from another, but an artist is a person who decides.

No matter where I am working, I cannot make a film without 100% creative control and final cut. If there is such a guarantee, I can work anywhere.

My greatest achievement is being able to write records that are real snapshots of what's going on in my life. I won't repeat myself for the sake of commerce, or to please other people.

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

I don't do commissions and I like the freedom to create what my heart or mind tells me to.

You want to feel that you can do something creative that you love without being picked apart and mutilated for other people's pleasure.

I'm not an artist who has an agenda that's set by the work.

My allegiance was always to the act. I wanted them to be happy. I wasn't owned by a magazine or a record label. And I was a very naughty boy to boot!

We have filmmakers who make films with some kind of responsibility and take cinema seriously like Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani, Prakash Jha. But now these people also take stars... Without stars they cannot work.

If you like my music, great, and if you don't, whatever. I'm going to keep making it either way.

I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.

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 think India is very passionate about films. It's almost a second religion back home. Due to that, I think film stars are - are really held in great esteem. Not that we're complaining, but I think with that comes a lot of responsibility.

I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work.

At the end of the day, I'm an artist. I may make work and decide to do something political, but it will come out of an artist's position. It won't come out of society telling me I have to. If I do, it's because I choose, as an artist, to do it.

I'm not really calculated enough or trained enough as a musician or songwriter to create a style in order to please people. Ultimately, I just have to do what I like to do.

I've tried to be more self-sufficient as I've gotten older. I'd like to not worry about whether they're going to sell my next album or book. Hell, William Blake wasn't even published in his lifetime.

Either you live by the barometer of the music critics, or you live by your own. I choose the latter.