If you're an artist, you have to use everything to your advantage, even the pain. FKA twigs More Quotes by FKA twigs More Quotes From FKA twigs I'm a very free woman, and maybe freedom is erotic in that way. Maybe it's conceived of as something dangerous, and dangerous - in that creative and wild way - is sensuous and erotic. For me it's more about making what I feel, but there's always a reason, a level of integrity and classical expression in what I do. FKA twigs creative expression integrity The idea's the idea: It's about what you do, and not who you are. FKA twigs who-you-are ideas I don't want to be in front of the camera forever. I'm not thirsty. I'm not a pop star. I don't want to reign over all forever. I don't want to be famous! It makes me feel sick, the thought of being a famous person. It's just not me. I'm the happiest when I'm in the studio, not on a beauty parade. FKA twigs sick stars forever I do have traditional values: I believe in being a good person and being polite. FKA twigs polite good-person believe No boyfriend wants to see their girlfriend in a video with a big, handsome black dude feeding his fingers into her mouth, do they? But that concept is my expression, and boyfriends have to deal with that, don't they? FKA twigs black girlfriend expression I once said to a boy, ‘You’re a really good kisser,’ and he said, ‘You’re only as good as the person you’re kissing.' I think it’s the same with the music. If someone [says], ‘Your music is really provocative,’ I’m only as provocative as the person that’s listening to it. FKA twigs kissing boys thinking When I first put out music, people didn't know what I looked like. They called it a new type of something, they couldn't put a genre on it - it was where indie and urban kind of meet in the middle. I thought that was quite exciting. FKA twigs urban people firsts Half of my life I’ve had people staring at me because they think I’m funny-looking and ugly. The other half of my life I’ve had people staring at me because they think I’m fascinating. Everything neutralises FKA twigs half people thinking I don’t know if I’m a tortured soul, but I was born heartbroken. I remember feeling it when I was so young. I was like, ‘Mum, it hurts.’ FKA twigs heartbroken soul hurt I have amazing collaborators as well, but I want to learn more and be a self-contained unit. FKA twigs wells self want I'm a country girl, raised in Gloucestershire, England. But my family encouraged me to travel, and I wanted to experience the world. Maybe that's not traditional, but my values have stayed strong. Perhaps that's where wanting to have children comes into it: I'll always be making work; I guess when - and if - I have children, I'll have them with me. FKA twigs girl strong country I've been inspired by people's work, but I never grew up with posters on my bedroom wall or obsessed with one person. FKA twigs inspired wall people I'm a little bit older, I've traveled the world, spent lots of time in New York and Paris and lots of inspiring places, and I still feel alien. FKA twigs paris new-york world I hope to do a visual for every single thing, even if it’s as small as a gif or as big as a whole dance music film. FKA twigs visuals film bigs If I want to dress myself a certain way, I don't want to have to rely on someone else to do it for me. FKA twigs dresses want way I don't think it's realistic for someone to have an undying loyalty to everything you ever make. FKA twigs realistic loyalty thinking We live in a very strange world where everything is so accessible; if you like one song someone did, you can see what they ate for breakfast or what kind of sunglasses they wore. FKA twigs sunglasses song world I just try to keep my dignity and carry on with my day. FKA twigs dignity trying I've lived in the same place in London for the last seven years, I go and get my shopping, I get on buses, and [all the rest] is pretty much outside of who I am. FKA twigs shopping who-i-am years I really keep my life very simple. FKA twigs simple
