Ernest Dion Wilson (No I.D.) Quotes
A lot of my favorite artists didn't sell much out the gate. I didn't with Common at first. Neither did first albums from Outkast, Nas, or Jay Z. It doesn't scare me.
Ernest Dion Wilson
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I get inspiration from all kinds of things: I can get it from hanging out with my son, from hanging out with my wife, from checking out different artists, from hearing something at a party.
Little Louie Vega
When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power and transport facilities are becoming increasingly scarce, and manpower shortages are developing, it is difficult for people to understand their increased use for other than the most vital needs of war.
Mackenzie King
If something scares me then I feel like I have to do it.
Barb Honchak
God and other artists are always a little obscure....
Oscar Wilde
I'm not conditioned to be an entertainer. An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself. The problem with that is artists are misunderstood by all. I'm not interested in the clarinet but in music. we speak our emotions into music. An artist should write for himself and not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away. My situation is the same. Let them concentrate on my music and not on me. I like the music. I love it and live it, in fact. But for me, the business part of music just plain stinks.
Artie Shaw
Dance is certainly a sport, and they are phenomenal athletes, and they're also artists.
Neve Campbell
If your dreams don't scare you, you aren't dreaming big enough.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Never repeat a rumor before you have verified it. And if it is true, hold your tongue all the more.
Selma Lagerlof
At the end of Season 1 of 'Cheers', it was the lowest rated show in all of network television... So we turn to 'Bill Cosby'; when he came to Thursday night, he just exploded. And once the audience was there, we said, 'Hey, by the way, we also have this other great show. It's called 'Cheers'.'
Warren Littlefield
I don't really like to tell people to get out drugs.
Alice Mattison
A lot of my favorite artists didn't sell much out the gate. I didn't with Common at first. Neither did first albums from Outkast, Nas, or Jay Z. It doesn't scare me.
Ernest Dion Wilson