Amber Liu Quotes

Music has always been a part of me and art in general. I love visual art as well.

If a man becomes more mature due to certain episodes in his life, it gives him the opportunity to look at life in a much more deep way. I believe the artist and the man work parallel, with the same feelings, the same soul, the same sensitivity.

We're both getting older, our children are starting to leave home. But I can say that I'm just as passionate a songwriter now in my 50s as I was in my 20s. But instead of talking about the general kind of angst that I felt as a teenager, I'm writing about more specific issues.

Like everybody, my views on many issues have changed as I have gotten older.

When I was younger, I wouldn't speak up as much, but now that I'm a mom, things have changed.

As far as viewpoints, I think I'm more well-rounded and definitely more educated, and probably more hopeful than I used to be. I think when you're young and you get into a cause, you get frustrated with it within a few years, or six months.

When I turned 30, I realized how ignorant I really was. I always thought I had a very accomplished life.

If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same way you did when your were writing it.

Many years ago, I used to say, 'I haven't lived long enough to be great.' Now I don't say that.

When you're 22 or 23, you think the world revolves around you, and I felt that way for a long time. But I just turned 30, and I love it! You realize, 'Whoa, baby, you ain't all that.' And you're not! You're just a woman out there doing something she loves.

When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!

When you mature, you also get more secure about yourself. You see things differently.

Everybody's constantly growing. In your twenties, you can learn a lot, and you can be very smart and clever and savvy. Especially these kids today. They seem like they have it all together. But let's talk to them again when they're 40 years old and see really who they are. Is it who they thought they were at 25?

Something that's interesting is how my perspective on different events can change over time even though the events themselves haven't changed. As I get older, I interpret something differently, or I can even interpret a person differently.

When you've had a chance to live some experiences then you can really write, and not having lived that much when I was young I didn't have much to write about. Now having seen life, the songs seem to come easier.

Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.

If you've never been 40, you don't understand how it feels.

I do have to say, there is this incredible benefit to being older. I never thought I'd say that. I've figured out that show business isn't the end-all. I thought I'd never be tired of Hollywood, of the experience, and I have to say there's some relief. As you get older, your taste changes.

The projects that I've been fortunate enough to do are all projects where I followed my heart. I didn't follow the money or the names. It's all about reflecting my life and my art.

I played with Eddy Curry twice and in New York, the second time, he asked, 'Who are you?' My first to fourth year I was a different person. I started thinking big picture, that maybe I don't have all the answers.

I think I am more liberated as an artiste in my late 40s.

The 18-year-old me wouldn't understand the 43-year-old me because then I wanted to travel and see the world. But I love being home.

I just love music, in general. I love art.

I put all my big revelations into songs when I was in my 20s; as you get older, revelations are harder to come by.

I liked writing before I figured out I liked acting.