"My parents cultured me a lot and they introduced me to a lot of artists, a lot of their friends."

Artist, Artists, Friends, Parents

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"My parents cultured me a lot and they introduced me to a lot of artists, a lot of their friends."

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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."

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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."

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

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"Artists are traditionally resistant to labels."

Patti Smith, American Musician

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"Wynton and Christopher were really great experiences for me because they are both very gifted artists."

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"The lifestyle that an artist can have, the freedom to wander in the landscape with no real pressure or deadlines, was a very attractive one."

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"I liked the humor of it, I've always enjoyed a sense of humor in God and in religion and in spirituality."

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"If it comes back, I think that Friday night is not a good night to be on."

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"People in real life cuss God out when they're angry. That's all real."

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"A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction."

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"My father comes from a generation of film that actors my age don't even know about, which is really sad."

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"But I didn't even see God in the show as being very spiritual, I see him or her, it, as being something that is just relevant and very important in her life."

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"I tried not to make God this big deal in Joan's life. She treats God like a friend: she's nice to him some days, and other days mean, and then cries when she needs help."

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"I think I had an advantage in the sense that I wasn't raised religiously."

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