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"I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to."
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"The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic."
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"I cannot exist as a solo artist."
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"The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal."
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"I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling indeed, and serious in their devotion, but that their singing is crude."
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"Well, I worked with lots of different artists, of course."
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"I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor."
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"Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their artists. There was talk of me going to Columbia after that, but nothing happened. I got disillusioned, and I pulled back."
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"A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist."
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"Derek Trucks is a real good new artist. He's a young guy."
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"For us chess players the language of artist is something natural."
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"I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound."
Singing

"I was at a party three weeks prior to the murders at Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate's house."
Party

"I was successful with mediocre material because of a good recording voice that people really liked at that time."
Time

"What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else, the sand falls right into where you stood and you're gone, you're history."
Business

"I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music."
Music

"Morrissey wrote to me and said, I have a song for you and if we release it as a single, you'll be on the charts for the first time since 1972, I said, what time, where?"
Time

"I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all."
American

"After 50, the rock 'n' roll road is a little absurd. It's very difficult to play these little places. You're out there on a rickety old bus with no place to shower."
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"The one hit song that I have tremendous gratitude for is Boots, because it has a life of its own. It's like being identified with a brand name."
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"There are a lot of people who would laugh at the idea of me being a good singer."
People
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