top of page
.png){kind=small}
"Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive."
Standard
Customized
More
"Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive."
Artist
"I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane."
May
"And the whole thing is that you're treated like a step-child. Here it was down here, everything in the black, because they were stealing, basically. Stealing from us old country boys down here."
Boys
"I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He's the biggest. He's like an Elvis in this business, but no, he's never been the rebel."
Love
"Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records."
Management
"You know, I feel sorry for the young artists."
Artist
"Because Ritchie Valens WAS the real deal. He was only starting, but in the time he spent in the business, he made big impact. I don't know if anybody could have made a bigger one."
Time
"I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think there's anything you can do this way or that way to change anything."
Change
"I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band."
Music
"Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does."
Fame
More
"A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist."
Author Name
Personal Development
"Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good."
Author Name
Personal Development
"It's about finding great artists and being part of their careers."
Author Name
Personal Development
"Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I've never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line's always been really blurred for me. I'll hang out with them after the show. I'll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I'll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes."
Author Name
Personal Development
"Yeah, I really like being alive. But I definitely don't have any intentions as an artist."
Author Name
Personal Development
"The industry is a menace to artists."
Author Name
Personal Development
"There were a lot of choices to make and I always picked artist. I never once picked doctor, lawyer, firemen or something like that. It was always artist."
Author Name
Personal Development
"I strongly suggest that we play down basics like who influenced whom, and instead study the way the influence is transformed, in other words: how the artist made it his own."
Author Name
Personal Development
"Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist."
Author Name
Personal Development
"Most artists come in and out of the country, they stay may be 2 weeks - or a month max and then they leave."
Author Name
Personal Development
bottom of page