Creative Values Quotes

I only believe in making movies with integrity.

One great thing about my mom, about the business, is that she has a really great head on her shoulders about everything and always has been 100 percent about the music and not about the other junk.

In my opinion, some of the hip-hop records that come out, people are willing to compromise. I'm not.

My conscience won't allow me to do films I thought were bad but were going to make money.

I would be humiliated if I found out that anything I did actually became a commercial success.

I both admired my father and his writing, and I saw how much he valued it.

I'm a right pain in the hole for my agent. I won't take certain parts if I think they're offensive or banal. For instance, I won't do a film if I think it's full of violence for violence's sake, or a television drama if I don't think it's intelligent writing.

It's impossible to make a picture without values. Values are the basis. If they are not, tell me what is the basis.

I am never going to write for the sake of writing.

I get letters from young people telling me that they're broke and download my albums for free. They ask me what I think about that. I now have a standard line. I tell them, 'I would rather be heard than paid.'

Legacy above finances; artistry above fame.

I am in competition only with my father and my uncle (Mukesh Bhatt) because they taught me what I know today. I only believe in making movies with integrity.

I'm not just going to accept something because it's a lot of money. I'm an artist; content is incredibly important to me.

There is no money in the world that would compensate me for writing a lousy book.

Money is very important to me, but its source is important too. As of now, I can say that I will never ever do films that demands me to sell my craft.

My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.

My family was fine, it's just a different way of going about life. Creativity was not something that was isolated and identified and valued.

I have always stayed true to my craft.

I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work.

I consider the integrity of the material to be of greater value than any message I might want to get across.

I've always said that I would only ever release something that I would want to listen to as a fan.