Natalie Prass Quotes

Legacy above finances; artistry above fame.

If you're really on top, you probably didn't do that great, 'cause you have to water it down a bit for it to get that mass appeal.

My focus is my art, and that's what I love to do. I have to be really passionate in order to do something. I've turned down many things that I just didn't believe in.

I think when people go into something for the right reasons, you're going to get a better film; you're going to get more intimacy and a stronger foundation of trust.

I think these days, new artists have a tendency to try to cut corners.

I am an honest artist.

I'd like to have mass appeal, but not at the expense of what I am and what I do best.

To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me.

I'm really fed up with all the credibility talk. A lot of times it seems to be more important than the music. Well, I guess for a lot of people it actually is. We don't care for credibility.

The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.

An artist should remain true. Otherwise his talent, like his stomach, grows fat and stuffy.

Anybody who goes searching can find enough artistic things I've done that nobody can ever say I sold out.

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

Quality. That's the key. Everything I do, I want it to have that stamp that people like Jay Z, for instance, have on all the things they touch.

I got to feel like what I'm giving the fans is 100 percent and that it's game-changing.

We never go overboard and above people's heads. We strive to retain that energy, that spirit we've always had. We feel the more simple and original something is, the better.

I'm trying so hard to do something that means something and has integrity and cares about talent.

I'll stop when I think I'm not doing good stuff. I'll never exploit something just because people like it.

I think the key for any kind of artist - and this transcends music - is a certain degree of authenticity and sincerity.

I will only do something if it has credibility for me, and that includes the films I make, the TV shows I judge and ad-campaigns I sign up for.

I'm kind of a perfectionist about my songwriting. If I don't mean it, I don't think it's any good.

As an artist, what you do represents who you are. Coming from a genuine, honest place - that's what I'm trying to do.

It doesn't matter even if I am slow or fast as long as my films are honest and carries my integrity.

I'm just trying to approach what I make with as much respect and research as I can, and just make it with a good heart.

Audiences are embracing more and more unique material. I think they can sense the cynicism when people are just cranking something out to try to ride off the success of something else. I think they can feel it.