Jean-Michel Jarre Quotes

I think I have allowed my voice to experiment with the different genres. And I think that I have just really enjoyed the journey of getting to know my voice and seeing what it's capable of, what it's not capable of.

There are people who compose from very young. That is not my case. I went discovering myself.

I think it's natural for an artist to explore as they evolve.

My intentions have been, and are always, to just really get behind what my ideas are musically and to just ride this thing out, cause it feels good, and I think for the most part it's good music. Even when it's not, I'd like to still search for something that could be even like a little bit mind-blowing or shocking to me.

So it was just a case of getting a bunch of songs that I had been writing for years but hadn't recorded together, and the result was My Own Best Enemy.

Yeah, I put out some goofy stuff. I had no idea who I was as an artist at all before 'Posse on Broadway.'

As an artist, you keep learning. You draw out different parts of you.

I feel like, for me as an artist, it takes me a while of living with the tracks and living with the body of work to realize what it's all about.

When I started making music, I made music in a very commercial space and I didn't have room to really explore things on my own terms. It took me awhile to create a little bubble where I could explore other things, and new things. When I did that, my tools were songwriting and arranging.

Maybe I'll have something out by Christmas, maybe not. I don't know, I'm really trying to take my time and do what feels right. (about the next step in her music career)

At first you're doing it for yourself, it's about what sounds good to you. It's about expressing yourself. Then you get comfortable as an artist and you find yourself and people get familiar.

Sometimes for a lot of new artists, they don't have a vision, really, or know what they want to say; it's kind of drawn out for them. But me, because I'm such a transcendental thinker, it's always like a journey and an adventure with each project. It's like going through a different doorway each time.

People always want to talk about who I was, but I've always been singing, always been experimenting with pop music.

We never sit down before we start making a record and talk about this new sonic palette that we are going to try to explore. We always let the record kind of reveal itself to us over time.

I began observing, making paintings of my surroundings, taking a vow of silence, listening, composing music, writing, and making time for formal education. Then I started telling stories.

I grew up with art from the innocent age of ten - with art, but with no sense of identity.

He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise.

I have been taking every step toward the future every day through making many paintings and sculptures with my deep emotion hidden in my life.

Being an artist, it's all a journey, and you learn where the subtle patterns lie.

I was always making things. Even though art was what I did every day, it didn't even occur to me that I would be an artist.

In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I've grown tremendously.

I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.

My first album was me finding myself and my voice, finding how I sing. I was rolling with the punches because everything was new to me.

I played with the same band for years and years and there's a beauty to having one solid core that you keep exploring. On the other hand, it's nice to throw yourself in different situations where you find out things about your own resources.

Every artist makes himself born. It is very much harder than the other time, and longer.