James Broughton Quotes

I'm just excited that I get to put out the music I love versus music just for the sake of it.

It is almost impossible to reconcile self expression with the creative act.

I suppose we'll make money off our album and our singles and stuff, but, like, they were made as we wanted them, exactly with what we had to say, and done exactly how we wanted them, right? And, like, we didn't put them out to make money. We put them out because we wanted to do them, do you know what I mean?

I don't make art to make money, I make art so I can make art.

My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that's a lovely addition.

When I paint, I never think of selling. People simply fail to understand that we paint in order to experiment and to develop ourselves as we strive for greater heights.

I don't have to perform to stay in the public eye anymore. I really don't. I am who I am and what I do on musical stage these days really makes no difference at all. I already have all the momentum there. I am only doing it because I love to do it.

I just want to produce and create projects that I'm passionate about and I love.

I would rather die than be a serious artist, or a fake artist.

I am here on Earth to express myself, and the many media of art are my magic carpets that allow me the freedom to do so.

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

When you're an artist, all you're trying to do is self-express.

Satisfying myself is the point in filmmaking, in my mind.

It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person.

My concepts are never bright ideas; they're never notions I think will sell or be trendy or attract new fans. I don't think that way. All I can do is sing from my life.

I'm just following my own art, and I just think that the only thing I can do to be a great artist is do the best job I can in whatever movie I do.

In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it.

I'm American. I'm eclectic. I'm going to follow my musical passions. And if people don't like it, and it hurts my legacy, I'm not going to worry about that.

Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

You want to feel that you can do something creative that you love without being picked apart and mutilated for other people's pleasure.

Lucian Freud's career affirms that the only thing an artist can do is remain true to whatever vision, (lack of) talent, or ideas that happened to pick them in order to be made known to the world.

If people would like to come to my concerts I'd love them to come. And if they like the music that I make, I love that too. But I do not make music for other people. I make it to please myself.

I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it.

I used to sketch - that's the way I thought out loud. Then they made a book of my sketches, and I got self-conscious, so now I don't do it much.

I made some good pictures, and I made some bad ones. I wasn't trying to build an image, though; I was trying to build a life for myself.