Artist Quotes
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I didn't come after Elvis and Dylan, I've been around always. But if I see or meet a great artist, I love them.
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The artist yields often to the stimuli of materials that will transmit his spirit.
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A true artist is someone who gives birth to a new reality.
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I'm not sure I am a politician. I would say that I am still an artist, and I'm trying to use politics as an instrument for change.
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I think nearly every artist continually wants to reach the edge of nothingness - the point where you can’t go any further.
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The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history.
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As an independent artist, you control the means of production, which is the ultimate form of empowerment.
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My goal as an artist is to always be true to who I am and give my fans music they will enjoy for a lifetime.
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I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face.
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Her album is very much what she wanted to say, and it's funny going through the process with her and knowing what these songs are about and watching her mature into what she is now an artist as opposed to an 'American Idol' winner, ... That was probably the most fun I've had on a session. She was so much fun and very laid-back, but very sincere.
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I'm a believer in the notion that artists who do good work believe in the ideas of extremes.
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Commercial success still hasn't come to an artist that isn't signed to a record label. There are very few artists that can succeed without the help of a record label. The role of the record label is still required, it's still necessary.
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Jay Z in many ways is a rock artist. In the sense that they've used hard rock, punk rock, psychedelic rock aesthetics and influences in their music. When you see Kanye West, he has a full band playing. Jay Z has a full band playing with Marshalls.
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I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.
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I originally just wanted to be an artist.
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I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him.
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I have nothing against people getting their band back together, but the artists I love marked a time in my life, and to merge that time with now can be personally depressing.
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No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.
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As an artist you have the luxury of maybe presenting an issue in a certain way, as opposed to actually solving it.
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The artist should have as little desire to rule as to serve. He can only create, do nothing but create, and so help the state only by … exalting politicians and economists into artists.
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Nothing belongs more fully to an artist than his creation - even if you give him your youth, your money, your love, your courage, nothing belongs to you.
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When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.
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My mum is an artist. I guess that helps; she's very supportive.
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The hardest part of being an artist is discovering what it is you do differently.
