Alex Karpovsky Quotes

I need to find a way of retaining creative control.

I didn't want to just be an artist and let someone else have all that control over me. I knew I would have to produce.

I've been wanting to produce for some time because I want to have more creative control over the things that I do and not be victim to the whims of other people's desires.

I love having the control over the end result and not having to go through some committee to get something approved. I feel sorry for people, like actors, because unless you're Woody Allen or Mel Gibson, they don't have much say in the decisions that affect their work.

The reason I wanted to do a webcomic was that I could be my own boss, and I could call the shots myself.

I've avoided situations where I wouldn't have creative freedom.

I'm not a control freak - I'm a control enthusiast.

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.

You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I decide.

I can't tell you how freeing it is to have my own label. For the first time in my career, I have total control.

My dream was to not work for anyone. There's only so many things I was good at - and how am I not going to work for anyone? I just don't want people telling me what to do.

The joy about the recording is that you are your own boss. You don't have a director telling you how to do it.

Very few artists are as independent as I am mentally, physically, spiritually and technically. I sit in my home studio and record things by myself. I don't need to get anybody's approval or validation.

But I also like to be in control, like anyone else. I try to achieve a balance.

I've produced my own films for twenty years now - it means I have to talk to less people.

I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography.

There's a lot of creative freedom. Acting is a whole boatload of fun, but I prefer to do it on my own terms.

I want to be doing something where I'm running my own show.

One of the advantages of not having a record contract is that you can make your own mistakes, you don't need somebody else to organize them for you.

I enjoy being in control, having a lot of creative control.

I don't have anybody telling me what to do.

I do love being solo because I can have more of my own creative input to every aspect of my career.

The freedom you feel when you're actually in control of your own music is fantastic.

I'm used to always deciding everything myself. It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect.

Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.