Noelle Stevenson Quotes

The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.

I want to write my own stuff, and, you know, it would be nice to put myself in it. But I would like to hope that there are going to be better roles offered as well and that I don't need to do everything. You know, like, I appreciate my career being somewhat DIY, but it would be nice to get some help.

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

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 get offers to do huge-budget music videos with big production companies all the time, but I have no interest.

I enjoy making solo albums because over the years it's evolved into more of a genuine personal expression of story-telling and day dreams, and I work in a way that has more control.

I won't read scripts because I have a limited amount of time. Why should I help other people do lame stuff when I can just go out and put on lame stuff of my own?

I've been wanting to produce for some time because I want to have more creative control over the things that I do and not be victim to the whims of other people's desires.

The only reason I write is that I feel I have to. Being the creator of a project puts me in a much better position to do the things I want to do.

I only want to make music I like and that I can enjoy myself and be proud of.

I don't want to take anything that's coming in for the sake of work. I want to choose carefully, as I have done since leaving 'EastEnders.'

At some point, I would like to start creating my own things. If people don't write the scripts I like, then I will do my own.

I've always wanted to keep my own personal creative space, and do everything myself.

I am happy writing and being a producer not a director.

I don't think I should be telling you every 10 minutes what to think. I like to leave the audience alone with the magic. I tend to trust the material, or I don't do it.

I always felt like an outsider of the industry, and now I feel quite comfortable as an independent artist.

There's nobody like The B-52s. But doing stuff on my own, I can also express more personal songs.

We got full artistic integrity and autonomy over what we were doing, and that was the main important thing that kept our band alive.

We have an audience, the ability to fund our own projects, own our own projects, the ability to display our projects unencumbered by any middlemen. That's the perfect scenario.

We've been fully involved in making our music, and to be personally involved is what we really asked for.

I get to say 'no' to a lot of things. That, for an artist, is crazy.

I've written all of my songs, I directed all my videos. Every part of what I've done for music, from the visuals to the business, I did it. And I'm really proud of that.

We are so grateful we are given the chance and the freedom to do what we want, what we want to create, what's on our mind, and that's honestly what we asked for in the beginning of our career.

When I began my career, I worked purely for the money.

No one tells me what to do with my music. Real. My mom doesn't tell what to say, how is someone else going to?