Jimi Hendrix Quotes

But I am a lover of all kinds of art. And I just can't stick to one thing. I guess I could if I made myself, but I'd always be looking the other way, for other things.

I do not want myself to be restricted to a pigeonholed kind of filmmaker.

I think people sometimes have a hard time placing me because I don't fit into a box. When they ask what I do at a cocktail party, I either say I'm a Renaissance woman or I'm a high-level madam. Lately I've been more comfortable saying I'm an artist, because that can cover a lot of different things.

It gives me more breadth as an actor and as an artist to not be pigeonholed.

I don't like to box myself into anything, because I also sing and I love to dance; I do everything.

I hope to always keep stretching myself and not stay in one box or lane.

I tried to make people see that I'm not someone to be put in a box. I can do it all.

I don't think that because l'm a composer I only have to compose music.

I'd love to be an artist that's multifaceted.

I have to be more universal than my projects, but no less innovative.

I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting.

I'm just an entertainer, man. I don't like to pigeonhole myself to anything. I love to do it all.

I don't see myself as a person who just does one thing. I understand that sometimes that might sound a bit unprofessional. But I disagree.

I have a broad range of interests, so I'll always be working on something.

Growing up, I always wanted to always be something new. I thought if I was an actress, I would have a chance at doing it all. What's incredible about this profession is every role you play; you learn a different skill set. That really appealed to me.

Now I don't want to feel cornered as an actor, because I've got a wider range than that.

You know, people sometimes say to me, 'Do you prefer to do this or that, act or do stand-up or write' but the thing that I enjoy most is the difference between all of them, because you're always learning. I don't go around thinking of myself as a great anything. I'm actually lucky to have the chance to fail at all of them.

I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.

I try not to get trapped in any one musical or visual style at all.

I get bored doing one thing only. I've been very lucky to explore a lot of different artistic territory and I don't see why I won't continue on that path.

I'd love to do a sci-fi movie, a western, or an espionage thriller. But I'm not going to limit myself. If a good script comes along, I'm not going to discount it because it doesn't fit into one of these genres.

Some of the young kids look for one hit to be a star; that what they're known for the rest of their life... I never wanted to be known as one thing; that is the reason I do classical theater, write, direct and the blessings God has given me... I want to share.

My varying pairs of legs can be quite practical or quite impractical, and I don't judge them either way. Some are for getting around a 12-hour day, pounding the pavement, and some are to feel like I can transform my own body into a workable, changing piece of art.

'Pigeonholed' isn't the right word, because I feel like I've had a very wide range of characters that I've been allowed to play.

I don't like to box myself in when I'm composing.