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I feel like everyone directs their own career according to their taste, what they migrate to emotionally and what kind of artists they want to work with. And I'm lucky enough to be in a position where I can wait six months for a project that really interests me.

What people don't understand is that how you are as an artist depends on how you are emotionally.

I think all any artist or person wants to do is grow spiritually, emotionally, professionally and mentally.

I love artists that just do what they do with so much passion and emotion.

Any artist that's involved in their work is inevitably going to have a focus in what they do.

I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, 'I won a karaoke contest on a reality show and now I have a record.' That's such a drag. The music that comes out of it is so poor.

I think it's really important for artists in general to invest in themselves. And I view my schoolwork as something I'm investing in for me. And I'm my own product as an actor. There's a kind of career that I want, and I feel like I'm making choices to obtain that.

I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground.

I feel like my peers now are artists like Madonna and the Stones, Michael Jackson and Prince. These are people who were able to take their careers beyond the normal here-today-gone-tomorrow life span.

I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.