Intentional Expression Quotes

Sometimes, when I do certain looks, I don't want the intention to be taken out of context or expressed in the wrong way.

I wouldn't express anything without being very thoughtful.

The bad poet is usually unconscious where he ought to be conscious, and conscious where he ought to be unconscious.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

I don't like the word 'calculated' because it sounds pejorative. Intentional. Intentional is better, I think. Wild in passion and intentional in expression.

I'm careful what I put out there into the universe, musically. I don't take it lightly.

There is no art when one does something without intention.

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer and of the recipient.

I never smile unless I mean it.

I just love any kind of language that can change the energy in a room. There are no limits for me, as long as it feels like it's being used in a particular way to garner or elicit a very particular reaction, so that you can then use that reaction later for something else. But when it's gratuitous language or physical exposure, then I get a bit like, "Oh! Put it away!"

Mostly singing was cathartic, writing was cathartic, therapeutic. I don't think I had a goal, particularly, to sing or put it out there for anybody.