Sasha Velour Quotes

I was raised around a lot of artists, musicians, photographers, painters and people that were in theater. Just having the art-communal hippie experience as a child, there wasn't a clear line that was drawn. We celebrated creative experience and creative expression. We didn't try and curtail it and stunt any of that kind of growth.

I'm an actor. I'm a singer. And I dance. To be able to do all these things is amazing. And to have similar-minded people all around you, doing what you love, is even more amazing.

A lot of my activity in the theatre, and even in writing poems, was a kind of retrospective aggro on the English teacher who wouldn't allow me to read poetry aloud.

First, I started with music singing, writing songs, playing music. Later, I got into acting. I'm not a brilliant musician or a brilliant actor. But, to me, they're still great vehicles for expression.

In the band Semi-Precious Weapons, I got to sing, wear, and say exactly what I wanted for ten years.

Thank God for jazz. It gave black women what film and theater gave white women: a well-lighted space where they could play with roles and styles, conduct esthetic experiments and win money and praise.

I love being around great artists, and I've been around a few of them.

We're a band that really... It's important to us to write music and put it out there and to work together.

Because of things like 'The X Factor' and 'Autotune', the real art of communicating a song is not treasured any more. But singing other people's songs can be an intensely personal experience. I want the songs to be vessels that people fill with their own imagination, the same way that I fill it with my thoughts and feelings.

When we watch dance, the artists and the audience are part of a momentary collective experience that will never happen again.

My favorite thing as a performing artist is to get a pile of raw material from a writer who says, 'Will you help me make this real?' There's nothing like starting from scratch.

Music is contagious and everywhere and democratic, and that's what drew me in. I was interested in acting and being a director, but one of the things that bored me about theatre was that it was not accessible to everyone.

It feels nice to be able to call Brainfeeder my home. It's giving art the platform. That's what Brainfeeder has always been for me: hope for art.

In the G.O.O.D. Music camp, we all come around, and we show ourselves and present ourselves as artists only.

I'm always working my own thing. A few times a week - I try to not go too crazy - I'm working with some other artist. But I'm constantly working my own stuff, and my own stuff seems to come in little bursts.

I believe each character you do, you should add your touch and uniqueness to it.

I'm out there to produce the best content - The most creative content I can do and express myself through wrestling.

At the end of the day, I am singing the composer's creation, and I follow the instructions given to me. What I feel may be a right take may not work for the composer or his vision on how he thinks the song should sound.

I think I'm just doing me, my music, my shows, and my stories.

I believe in artists. I'm an advocate for artists.

I love being with artists because I'm always open to getting into something.

As an artist, I really feel I need an outlet to exhibit all of my skills.

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul.

Even with a small video we will always be able to do a small movie with friends and to show it to someone. You won't get the Oscar for it. But, after all, why are you writing and why are you filming?

I love composing and writing music and dancing and performing and conceptualizing creatively for visual mediums. I love to create.