Artistic Venture Quotes

Bjork, I'd love to do something with her. I'd love to do some sort of crazy orchestral choir thing with her.

Someday I'd love to come back and start a theater company in Boulder. That would be a dream come true.

I started a theater company when I was 17.

I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.

I gave up accounting. I went in for about six months writing ad copy. I was fired from that, and then another guy and I did a kind of poor man's Bob and Ray kind of syndicated radio show. Then I decided to stick it out and see what happened. I'd give it a year, a year became two years, and then two years became three years, and then along came the record album.

I actually did do a musical many years ago with John Waters called Cry-Baby, but technically it was only half me - it wasn't me singing. Tim's [ Burton] the only person brave enough to actually let me try to sing.

I've always defined myself not as a cartoonist, but as an entrepreneur. That was true before I tried cartooning. I always imagined cartooning would be how I got my seed capital. I always thought my other businesses would be the less dominant part of my life.

And then, with a European director and Norwegian actors speaking in Norwegian, it was going to be very interesting. So, whatever initial trepidation or fear I may have had was alleviated by those factors. I just said, "This is something to get on board with."

I've done a collaboration with Action Bronson, which is, like, the coolest thing I've done so far.

It could be interesting doing something with Kanye.

It was in Delhi when I started doing jingles and making money through music.

I have a sketch of an idea and I never really talk about: perhaps do another jazz record, but with other elements involved.

I think that every artistic venture is a risk, and it has to be that way, so you do as much preparation as you can and make that as thorough as you can possibly make it, until you turn up on set. It's about taking risks, and some might work and some might not, but that's what makes it interesting.

I'm truly excited to align with Art.co.uk and share with the world the wondrous sites and travels I've experienced.

I did a project called 'Sing The Truth,' which was a lot of fun. It started out being a celebration of the music of Nina Simone, and it was me and Lizz Wright and Angelique Kidjo.

The idea of a musical comedy was something we had had in mind for many years, but the project 'Igudesman & Joo: A Little Nightmare Music' has a history that goes back five years. I can say that this is the most successful project that we have ever done.

You will in the future hear me on a pop album, but that's just the experimental side of me.

I started doing independent films. My first one was 'Miss Bala,' which was very well-received at film festivals.

What an amazing opportunity to do something like direct a movie and step out of your creative comfort zone and yet do something that is also so familiar at the same time. I was also just excited to have the chance to direct, which I may never get to do again.

I've lived on my own since 17, and when I found I wasn't working all the time, I ended up starting a small theatre company called Red One Theatre.

'Oh, Calcutta,' was one of the healthiest shows I've ever been in.

I think I can try the film world out for a while.