Quotes about Expression

Yes, I believe stories are very important to all performances. The life story of the performer shapes their work, and the life stories of the audience alter how they receive the work, what they read into the performer.

Of course, there are those critics - New York critics as a rule - who say, 'Well, Maya Angelou has a new book out and of course it's good but then she's a natural writer.' Those are the ones I want to grab by the throat and wrestle to the floor because it takes me forever to get it to sing. I work at the language.

I was performing in New York and my friends started to call me Gaga, they said I was very theatrical and they said, 'You're Gaga'.

Musically, New York is a big influence on me. Walk down the street for five minutes and you'll hear homeless punk rockers, people playing Caribbean music and reggae, sacred Islamic music and Latino music, so many different types of music.

I knew from a very young age that I was going to use my voice. I've basically sounded like this since I was 9.

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

I just start with a pencil and paper. I don't want something too trendy, too fashion-forward. I don't want to make something I consider a regular person couldn't wear with blue jeans. But I don't want to make something that other people make, either - like a skinny black suit in a shiny material that you can buy anywhere.

Jesus wants to express Himself and carry out His mission of love to others through you.

Be like a sponge when it comes to each new experience. If you want to be able to express it well, you must first be able to absorb it well.

I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet - I want to know who the morons are.

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it.

Many actors want to play Hamlet and Macbeth. Ever since I became an actor, from the very beginning I just wanted to play a Shetland pony. I cannot explain why