Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job.
I view myself still as a director. That's what I do.
I'd want to start being a creative director of a specific line, like Adidas, for example. If they called me up to collaborate on something, I would do it.
The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it.
I like to work behind the camera.
I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves.
When literature exists, perhaps we do not notice how important it is, but when it does not exist, our lives become coarsened and brutal. For this reason, I am proud of my profession, but also aware of its importance.
My role as an artist is not to make changes [in society] but to inspire changes.
I'm not an artist. An artist makes an object. Me, it's not an object, I work in history, I'm a storyteller.
I'm not an art director; I'm just not. I've always been somebody who has a sensibility that I hope is the same sensibility of others.
Artists and writers have to understand and live the truth that what we are doing is nourishing the world.
I'm just a storyteller.
I have become a full-fledged producer. I spend a lot of time on pre-production work.
I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music.
Artists have to be useful. They have to fill a role.
I'm a studio rat. I like going in there as producer.
There is a difference between a great producer and somebody who is a big advocate of your music. Just because you're a big advocate for a band doesn't mean you need to be in the studio with them, and at the same time - we don't need to get into this conversation - you can write a hit, but it might not hit.
MCs are authors, and rock musicians who write lyrics are authors, to a degree.
I feel like I'm an entertainer.
I worked as a writer, lead designer, and creative director in the game industry.
I can see myself doing production work and handling projects behind the scenes.
The Head of Story is defined differently for each film. But I found that the role for me was to support the director's vision, and to be a conduit to the story team - and managing that team to realize the vision.
I never knew what my role in art was, because I was such a deep appreciator and such a passionate appreciator. But every time I would try to sit down and be an illustrator or painter, it was just not my best use.
I am not a director or a writer, but a filmmaker.
It's the role of the artist to pursue content.
