Archie Shepp Quotes

The videos are definitely as important as the music.

I've also directed, shot, and edited several music videos.

There is a great correlation between music and images.

I started out doing music videos and photography, and I always loved writing.

Back then people closed their eyes and listened to music. Today there's a lot of images that go with the music. A lot of music is crap and it's all commercial and the images are all trying to sell the record.

There's not a lot of music videos that are totally, totally disturbing.

A music video is so different to doing a movie.

I think celebrity culture and sexuality in pop music is really important, but I want there to be an alternative for people.

I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.

It really is no different in the way that we make records and shoot music videos. I don't think of the movie as being a great leap out of my current profession.

Music videos, to me, are like an extension of a song.

My real motivation came from my quest for music videos to have the equally soul-touching emotional resonance that straight music does. Honestly, I'm not sure they ever can.

I'm a really visual artist, and I love writing treatments for music videos, photo shoots, fashion, and all the visual parts that go along with making an album.

There's almost no content in terms of language at all. I don't like using language to convey meaning. I'd rather use images and music.

I miss the outspoken pop stars like Lily Allen.

I confess I'm a big fan of Taylor Swift.

I love everything Katy Perry does.

I'm obsessed with artists like Lady Gaga. I'm obsessed with artists like Lana Del Rey.

I'm very conscious that a music video is beyond just a promotional tool for a song. It takes a song to the next level and it gives a song a new life.

I was someone who knew what they wanted to do for so long. I was always fascinated by music, always a student of pop.

I'm a massive Mariah Carey fan.

Music needs a visual element to make it tangible. So, naturally, there's gonna be a synergy between high-level art direction and high-level albums.

Fashion and music are connected, since both are expressions.

In this day and age, though, no matter how many people you play for, if you're playing with a band like Blink, millions of people will see it thanks to YouTube and everything recording it.

At its best, MTV puts a face to the names, if you know what I mean. I think if you can take the expression of a song much farther, that's great. And it's one of the only outlets there is for artistic filmmaking. But it's a double-edged sword. At it's worst, MTV is just a lot of TV commercials for songs.