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"The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic."
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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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"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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"For us chess players the language of artist is something natural."
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"So I guess the complete lack of any new developments is what struck me. That and the fact that much of the good we had done for the artists' side of the industry with G.O.D. had been just as quickly undone by the big boys."
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"I don't mind doing two or three Eagles songs and playing the drums. I'm not one of those artists who's going to sit here and deny the past."
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"One of the makeup artists once dyed my dog blue with vegetable blue."
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"My function at Verve was that of a genuine producer in artists and repertoire."
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"You know what, I'm probably one of the most blessed people there's ever been, and I thank God for it."
God
"Songwriting is my gift from God."
God
"As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money."
Money
"Originally I was not writing songs for myself."
Music
"Motown will always be a heavy-duty part of my life because those are my roots."
Life
"I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record."
Music
"Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day."
Artist
"So I wanted to sing inspirational music, and that's exactly how I approached it - only the words have been changed to declare my relationship with God."
Inspirational
"And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves."
People
"Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist."
Artist
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