Meredith Monk Quotes

I don't know, I really try not to pay attention to comparisons, 'cause I'm my own artist. I try to build my own sound.

I want to pave my own path artistically.

I want to be a genuine artist who has a say in what I do.

I'm going to make the music I wish someone else was making.

I don't want to use my creative energy on somebody else's user interface.

It was important that I got my own voice out there in the world. I'd used it on other people's films, collaborated, and I thought, 'You know, I can do this myself.' That was more important than anything else.

I never wanted to be a feature - that was never the goal with my music. I didn't want to just live through other people's work.

I am not really interested in only showcasing my life or work but plan to produce, write and create work that is solely my vision.

I'm happy that I don't have to do covers anymore, because that's not what I do.

I want to be my own artist and reflect my creativity.. I don't want to be turned into a pop princess; that's not who I am.

I think every artist wants to create something, on their own, without any boundaries.

Young people have realised that an artist is in charge of what they're doing - this crazy cynicism that artists were puppets has disappeared.

The only way artists can do things is to do it for themselves. Trying to second guess what the public wants or likes is kind of a fool's game.

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

I've gotten to a point where I wouldn't direct someone else's material. It would only be something totally original.

My job is to just express something that I want to express. And if I'm ahead or behind the curve, that's for others to decide.

I won't work on anyone's else's script. I won't write for anyone else. I write my own stuff and make that when the time is right.

I just want to make my music, and I want it to stand on its own.

But if I really want to produce my own work and tell stories, then I will.

I don't work to any commissions. I do what I want to do.

No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.

My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny.

I leave the genre labeling to other people. I really do. If I were to think too hard about it, that would stifle you creatively. If you think too hard about who other people want you to be as an artist, it stops you from being who you want to be as an artist.

I just don't like to do a lot of the normal things expected of other artists. I'm not trying to be difficult; I'm just trying to stick with what it is I want to do.

I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.