Artist Quotes
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Art is real and imaginary, two worlds rolled into one - the fulfillment of the artist's insatiable soul.
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'Jazz Artist of the Century' would have to be a distinctive soloist and ensemble player, a composer, an arranger, a bandleader, and a driver; would have to span all the genres and periods of jazz; would have to have run her own label; [would] possess a deep spirituality, with grace and a sense of humor; and would have to have succeeded against all odds. Who else? Mary Lou Williams.
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I tend to not try and listen to a lot of other artists while I'm writing, because if I hear something that's brilliant.
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The artist has a twofold relation to nature; he is at once her master and her slave.
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Poor artist! You gave away part of your soul when you painted the picture which you are now trying to dispose of.
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I love to read about music and about art, but I don't try and take things about mythology or guidelines as to how I'm to behave as an artist. It's the realm of intellectual debate. Actually, more and more my direction is trying to get further away from being self-conscious of what the parameters are of the mainstream, where it intersects with the underground.
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For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.
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It's very important that an artist's job is to be a great artist.
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If you're an unknown artist you're lucky to get an hour in a studio - it's a hierarchy and if you don't have hits, you don't get recorded again.
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The world loves a clone and a good knock-off. It cheats the artist... In the obsession for technical wizardry, people disappear; and if your voice isn't present in a relationship, you don't matter.
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On the ridge where the great artist moves forward, every step is an adventure, an extreme risk. In that risk, however, and only there, lays the freedom of Art.
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It's not what you do, it's the way you do it that makes you an artist. Whatever you do do it with all your heart. Be what you are Be creative!
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As a fine artist I was drawn to composition and technique. I would count the cuts.
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Motivation has always been a fascinating factor when considering a touring artist, especially when the years stack up. What keeps one out there year after year?
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It makes me sad when I see artists who come alive when they go onstage, because, gee, I really come alive when I'm home.
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And exciting buildings are fine periodically.
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A great artist is never a closed subject, but this catalogue is a milestone production, as useful as it is beautiful.
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I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work it's no longer his.
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What's interesting for me as an artist is when I'm able to take a cover and put my own twist on it. Sing it in my voice. Playing a cover doesn’t necessarily mean doing the song exactly the way it was originally recorded. If I do a cover, I always want to make it my own somehow.
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I started my entire journey as an indie artist. Ownership has its benefits and it's just about putting in the work. I'm just working.
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The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal.
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So when a music artist puts an album out that can only be streamed, not downloaded, what happens? In Kanye West's case, apparently it gets pirated a lot.
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I want people to take me seriously as an artist and to hear that I have something to truly say and to offer.
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...start thinking of yourself as an artist and your life as a work-in-progress. Works-in-progress are never perfect. But changes can be made...Art evolves. So does life. Art is never stagnant. Neither is life. The beautiful, authentic life you are creating for yourself is your art. It's the highest art.
