Richard MacDonald Quotes

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.

The way I look at a solo project is, I create what I want with whoever I want.

One reason I think I am able to work with such dark material is the fact I was never really discouraged from making this kind of work.

I really enjoy the creative freedom that I get when I produce my own projects.

I no longer enjoy drawing people's pets. I just want to draw what I want to draw and have people not tell me what to draw.

In the band Semi-Precious Weapons, I got to sing, wear, and say exactly what I wanted for ten years.

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.

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

We need to give artists a lot of free room to create.

My greatest accomplishment is the freedom for doing what I want to do with my music...I love my freedom so I'm happy I am a free artist.

There's such a freedom about being an artist... You're not accountable - you're this renegade thing.

So, what is creative freedom? We can make what we want, how we want. The only constraint is: not for any budget.

I want to pave my own path artistically.

Creative freedom is an imperative for me, but it doesn't really exist in a Hollywood game.

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

I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.

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

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

If I'm creating a free-form piece of art, I can make it look like anything I want, and nobody will say it's wrong.

I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.

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

Doing my own album provided me the opportunity to say whatever I wanted.

When you give an artist a canvas, you shouldn't tell him exactly how much paint to put on it, or exactly how sharp the images should be. You should let the artist get going.