Billy Dee Williams Quotes

I've always been schizophrenic; I've never been interested in limiting myself.

I don't feel that any kind of narrow stereotypes are representative of the work I've done, nor the range of the audience that work has found. I've played lots of different roles, and they've connected with lots of different people.

The art world is an all-volunteer force. No one has to be here if he or she doesn't want to be, and we should be associating with anyone we want to.

I don't believe in creating exclusionary art.

I've never shaped or crafted my music for any specific group of people. Whoever connects with it is fine with me. I don't care where they come from.

Honestly, I still don't know a lot of artists, and I want to keep it that way for a while. I think that's why I might be quite original.

I'm not going to restrict myself as an artist.

I want my audiences to be as open-minded as my characters.

Every story is different, so what is a detail in one might not be in something else. Diversity is something I embrace and love about my work.

As a citizen, hopefully I'm humanist. As an artist, I'm free.

I like to try all kinds of styles so it always challenges me and forces me to try to look different.

Funny is funny, and it can come in 8 billion different shades and flavors, so I think it's silly to kind of limit it.

There's certain things I try to avoid, as an actress, just to keep my world from being as narrow as it could be.

I like writing different types of music. I don't like being stuck into one thing.

I'm so proud to be on a Kate Bush record; she's always marched to the beat of her own drum.

Art does imitate life, it has to come from somewhere. To put boundaries and limitations on it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

I can connect with whoever I want to connect with in the world. And I can also write my own script. I don't have to follow rules. I can sort of just be unconventional.

The more confident one becomes, the less one needs all people to be the same.

Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.

Somewhere in your career, your work changes. It becomes less anal, less careful and more spontaneous, more to do with the information that your soul carries.

Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn't mean only artistic creativity, although that's part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.

I'm challenging everybody on every side of every divide to be more who they are, to cultivate their capacity for awareness.

I got tired of depending on other people, and I had this strong desire to make music of my own. I decided to start writing my own tunes and just see what could happen.

It doesn't matter the kind of music, it doesn't matter whether it's a cowboy hat or a yarmulke. I don't care if it's outer space or pop, the spirit is the same.

It's just so cool when you meet people who are different than you are. That can give you a different perspective, a viewpoint on life, or inspire you. I mean, what would the world be like if we were all the same? I think it would be very boring.