Omarion Quotes

I think what you're always looking for as artists is to be honest and to continue to be honestly driven by that which you are passionately engaged with. It should need not be forced.

I don't need an award to inspire me to keep making music.

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.

I love making music. That's what I love to do. So I don't feel like there's any need to take a break unless I want to.

I'm voraciously looking to express myself in my work. I love my work.

I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.

Which implies that the real issue in art is the audience's response. Now I claim that when I make things, I don't care about the audience's response, I'm making them for myself. But I'm making them for myself as audience, because I want to wake myself up.

I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it.

Why an artist loves what they do is often so hard to describe.

As I create art, it is like a love affair. My days go by loving what I do.

I make music not to make money but because it's in me.

You have to put time into the art to do it, and you have to know that what you'll get out of it is not a financial or a fame thing. It'll just be the pleasure of being an artist. And I'm cool with that.

If it's just a pastime, keep doing it because it's relaxing and to blow off some steam. But if you're not sure if you want to do it, or you're thinking you can be famous, you shouldn't do it because you want to be famous. You have to do it because you love it and you want to play for people. And if that's what you want to do, then do it, but you can't go into it with that mindset of "we'll be in a band and we'll be famous."

True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.

I'll make music, whether or not anyone is listening, for the rest of my life. It's a natural form of expression for me, the same way I draw and write and sing.

We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're halfway there; if someone else likes it, that's even better. If they don't like it, at least you like it. Not to be selfish, but you kind of have to be.

I didn't start making music in order to be famous.

There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, and see it through, and you're done. It's focused and very personal.

When I do music, I do it for me and my fans.

Van Gogh never made a penny in his entire lifetime. He painted because it was his soul, his excitement. It was what aligned him with his Source of being. It's the same with me and writing.

I have a desire to create more film, more beauty, more art, more love, but I don't feel desperate. It's not about creating or building a career.

The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music.

I think comedians should focus on what makes them happy, what art form fulfills them the most. Don't be calculated about it and say, 'Okay, I'm gonna tweet, and I'm gonna podcast, and I'm gonna do standup, and one of those things is going to lead me to my own TV show.' I don't think that should be the goal.

I became a musician because I love music, and that is what has sustained me; it's not because I thought it was a great way to make a living. Music saved my life.

I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.