Laurie Anderson Quotes

I can't imagine life without singing.

I feel freedom in singing and performing.

I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it?

Singing was my first passion. Whenever I sing, I'm always so happy.

I just love music - I was always singing and dancing.

I need to write to be happy.

My job is usually to express emotion as freely as possible.

Performance art is the ultimate in creativity. Since it has so many possibilities at creativity, it's essence tends to become creativity.

Art is not only about angst.

Singing and dancing are the greatest emotional outlets you can have.

I think performance art comes from a simple place of wanting to express things beyond just sound.

The waltz is a very important part of my life. It's a very important way for me to express my positiveness, bringing humor to the world.

I've always loved singing and the catharsis of it.

I've always loved singing. I find it exhilarating.

Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do.

I feel very free and very happy to be a composer.

Dancing is my obsession. My life.

The idea of singing and dancing throughout my life and finding that bliss is something I wanted to express and explore within myself and hopefully spread that idea to other people.

Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium.

I've got some stories to tell, and acting was a way I could express myself and not feel stupid. I fell in love with that.

I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy.

I've never done this from a standpoint of, 'I want to be famous.' I sing because I love singing. I perform because I love performing.

I'm a drag queen who is thoughtful and serious about drag in addition to being funny, ambitious, and glamourous.

It's not just music. To me, it's songwriting more than anything. A lot of people say it's expression, but to me, it's more than that.

If I'm happy and joyous, which I have been a lot in my life, thankfully, I'm usually not at the piano writing about it.