"The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that."

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"The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that."

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"The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"To the extent that '60s guys own things, yes... but I don't have the publishing, just like most '60s guys, and that was an error, you know... part ownership in publishing was the kind of era that started a little bit later, when real businessmen started to manage artists."

John Sebastian, American Musician

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"Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists."

Richard Thompson, British Musician

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"I think that it can be said of a lot of artists, and myself included, that we made the same record over and over from the beginning."

Boz Scaggs, American Musician

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"I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground."

Jane Badler, American Actress

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"I'm rarely grabbed by anything the way I was when I was 10 years younger. About the only relatively new artists whose albums I own are Beck, and They Might Be Giants."

Greg Egan, Australian Scientist

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"I just want to make one really good movie a year. And when I die, to know I was honest as an artist."

Milla Jovovich, American Model

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"When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually negotiate."

Marc Maron, American Entertainer

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"A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one."

Dimitri Shostakovich, Russian Composer

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"Artists are traditionally resistant to labels."

Patti Smith, American Musician

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"I imagine there's a market for total depression. I grew up on George Jones and that really dark stuff."

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"Even in your darkest moments, you'll think of something that'll crack you up."

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"The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that."

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"It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys."

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"I like to look at the songs like they're little movies."

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"I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity."

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"As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like."

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"Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark."

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"If you're really on top, you probably didn't do that great, 'cause you have to water it down a bit for it to get that mass appeal."

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"I'm sure there are a few things in my CD collection that might surprise people. I like classical music, the blues, and I'm a big fan of alternative rock."

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