If I have a collection of songs for an EP or mixtape, I…

I think some songs on the EP, especially one called 'Blu', I've allowed myself to become vulnerable and express more of my sadder emotions.

— Benee

I've always felt like I was observing everything, like I'm just looking out of the window, peeping how everybody is living and just penning…

— Brent Faiyaz

Short fiction is the medium I love the most, because it requires that I bring everything I've learned about poetry - the concision, the…

— Ron Rash

I'd like to do a concept album, with the concept being about me.

— Kyle Gass

As writers and readers, we're drawn to conflict. It's that ancient theory of plot that's written on the whiteboard during every fiction workshop, characters…

— Leslie Pietrzyk

I always tend to think, even in residential projects, about what a space is being asked to do - where is it located, what…

— Annabelle Selldorf

You can create meaning where there was none, you can create feeling where there was none, you can create narrative where there was none.…

— Steven Soderbergh

I love to dress up and create a narrative with my look.

— Haley Bennett

I came from the school of cinema verite documentaries, which was: Do not manipulate reality as it was happening but create a narrative in…

— Mira Nair

I don't go into any album with a concept or a deliberate direction. It's more letting the best music that really appeals to me…

— Bonnie Raitt

Normally when I do an album, I have a concept behind it.

— Gza

Apple, iTunes, and streaming services have made the single a more easy thing to access. What that's done has made the album as a…

— Matt Bellamy

Traditionally games never used professional writers to create their narrative, so there's definitely a residual feeling that hiring a proper writer is somewhat of…

— Rhianna Pratchett

'Love Letter' is a concept album, and whenever I do a concept album - and I love doing concept albums more than any other…

— R. Kelly

I will throw all my best efforts into it, my thoughts and political observations, but ultimately I want to create a narrative that keeps…

— Frank Miller