Julia Holter Quotes

I think people have come to know that I am not comfortable in a box, you know, and that I love music.

The first five albums I did, I tried a little bit of everything. I was trying not to conform at all.

Like most creative people I don't fit well into boxes.

I've never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

I want to be an artist you cannot categorize at all. You can't put a box around me. You can't put anything around me.

I just like playing with makeup and clothes - so I really don't feel like there are rules, and if there are rules, then I think it's up to you to break them.

I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting.

I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.

I don't like being put in a box. I just make music, you know?

I don't want to be held down by genres so much.

I don't care what people say. My music's, my music.

I found it liberating of necessity to devise my own style and my own tactics and to look for a voice on the instrument because there weren't really any that impacted strongly on me.

My music is a direct reflection of the eclectic person I am. I don't like to be stuck in an R&B box.

When it came to my art, I went my own way and did not follow the trends.

In school, I learned about artists and how they were free to express themselves. I was allergic to conformity, and the lifestyle attracted me. I wanted to express myself in a way that slammed people up against the wall.

I'm part of the fashion system, but I don't want to follow all the rules. I don't want to be contrarian - I just want to do my own things, which are most honest and correct to do.

I'm a free spirit and that definitely comes from my upbringing, so it's definitely shaped me as an artist.

I mean whatever I do it's important that I put my stamp on it and keep it in my world, whether I'm doing a dance track or something like the Russian album for example.

I'm one of those pianists who tends to ignore every existing recording and lots of traditions about playing pieces when I start.

I'd just like to inspire people to be themselves and do what they want and not conform to the rigid guidelines of the music or entertainment business.

I think we're quite unique in that we do have our own sound and approach and we don't really care what's going on elsewhere... we've never wanted to be part of another trend or movement.

As a film-maker, I certainly don't want to be put into some box.

At WSX I think I was very much trying to figure it out on my own and we were creating our own style and our own thing. I can only speak for myself, I was not trying to be anything. I was not trying to be like anyone else.

I think have my own style; no one has ever tried playback singing before. I might release a punk rock song that perhaps other won't appreciate, but I like doing my own thing. I make music for my own satisfaction, not for money or fame.