Kerby Jean-Raymond Quotes

I rarely drink, I don't smoke, so my vice is probably creating. I'm addicted to creating. And women.

In the deepest hour of the night I confess to myself three things; I would die if I was forbidden to write, forbidden to love, or forbidden to fashion....love each other, and celebrate the art and lifestyle of music.

My first love is art, and I see a lot of things in an artistic way.

Modeling isn't boring.

I love painting so much that nothing else matters.

Music I can discover a part of myself that I haven't been able to for a long time, and acting is the opposite. I'm in love with both of them and I would never choose one over the other.

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.

Some people like to paint trees. I like to paint love. I find it more meaningful than painting trees.

I've loved music. It was my first everything, but fashion and clothes is just the next step.

My mom is a painter and an artist. She would play music, and she always had very good taste in music, fashion, and art. She was also a young single mom, so I think she had really good style; she was really free... just really inspiring in her own way and allowed me to find the direction I wanted to take in my life.

I think that music has to do with what kind of passion do you have.

Music is a major cornerstone of our success.

I'm a bit of a strange human being - I love to work. I love art. I love self-expression.

If business has my mind, music has my heart and soul.

Music is my greatest love. It is also my first love. But I love a lot of things, including painting, drawing, writing, designing, and more.

Basically, I thought for a very long time that making music and art projects, that that was just something that I did, and real life was separate. And I'm starting to realize that the things that I do, making music and art and photography and all that, it's not just something that I do. It's who I am. So I don't think I'll ever be able to stop. It's like that curse that you live with, this thing that you love but you also hate it at the same time. It brings you a lot of joy but also a lot of heartbreak.

There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction.

Music has always been a part of me and art in general. I love visual art as well.

The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion.

Artists in each of the arts seek after and care for nothing but love.

In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age. Music gave me another outlet. The 'no wave' bands were such an inspiration; it felt so free - once you start doing it, it's hard to stop. But I can't get away from art. It comes back around. I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't pursue it.

I love fashion - I really feel it's where I belong.

Guitar is the best form of self-expression I know. Everything else, and I'm just sort of tripping around, trying to figure my way through life.

I write songs, and I sing them. I never formulated a plan; I can't tell anyone else how to do this. But it feels right, so I just kind of enjoy it and get on with it.

If I hadn't been a singer, I might have been a photographer or an artist. But it's singing I love. I sing all the time, and I feel really good that I've expressed myself.