Unrestricted Artistry Quotes

I have never been stereotyped in one kind of character. I have been a part of reality shows, events, singing and dancing. No one has ever told me, 'She will fit only in this character or this look.' It has never happened to me, luckily.

So many actors and musicians seem to be only interested in what's expected of them, and they join the dots accordingly. I don't fit into any narrow categories as an actor or a singer.

I want to be an artist you cannot categorize at all. You can't put a box around me. You can't put anything around me.

I have no idea where I want to go musically, but I'm fine that way. I don't need to be faithful to any concept, you know.

I don't want to be owned by a corporation and obliged to make a certain type of album. I want to be free.

I've always loved making independent music.

Certainly in cartooning I'm given huge free rein at the moment.

All the big artists I talk to say that they are trapped in a formula and they are looking for the music of tomorrow.

No city owns me, you know what I'm saying? I'm from New York, but no city owns me. Nobody can bottle up my sound and box me in. Yes, I am a rapper, but am I a New York rapper? No. I am from New York, I love New York to death, but I will not conform myself to one place, no.

Even myself, I believe that as an artist I should pursue more independent activities. If more artists believe in this and are active about it, they will be able to accomplish more on their own, without the influence of entertainment labels.

I do not want my new works to be generated in a market or audience of any kind.

There's something to be said for being given a tremendous amount of freedom as an actor.

When no one knows you, and you're just trying to break into stuff, it's so good because you can write whatever you want and just say it; it's just between you and the audience. There's no process or worrying about anyone else interfering with what you're doing.

I've never been told to do anything. I've never been hurried along by anybody - the kind of so-called 'pressure' of record labels doesn't really exist in my case.

Clams's music to me is where there's no boundaries. It was just exciting for my mind to be as free as Clams's music is.

I don't think about the styles. I write whatever comes out and I use whatever kind of instrumentation works for those songs.

One of the things about what . . . I do - writing plays - is that a poll is not taken before you say, Well, I'm going to write this because I think that you're going to like this and therefore you'll buy a ticket for this.

With stand-up, I can have an idea, go down the street to a comedy club and work on it, flesh it out, book a venue, people will come, then film it. I do all that myself; I never have to answer to anybody.

I've never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.

I am an actor who doesn't believe in carrying an 'image' in the industry. I don't want to get trapped in an image.

I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, you're not beholden to anyone.

I didn't want to box it in or say this show caters to this type of person... I think the tide of music is changing. We don't have to worry about rules. We should just do what feels good.

There is something challenging in shooting something in just one day and there is freedom knowing there is going to be no censorship.

That's the nice thing about songwriting: You don't have to punch a clock or be in a specific place to do it. There's really a lot of freedom to it.

I'm an artist. Artists don't need permission to work. Regardless of whether I'm acting or not, I write. I write when I'm tired in fact, because I believe your most pure thoughts surface.