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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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"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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"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 play piano every day."
Day

"I've heard myself referred to as a quiet superstar, and I don't quite know what that means."
Quiet

"Trying to force creativity is never good."
Creativity

"I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind."
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"It's an amazing luxury to say I'm 31 years old and I'm gonna take a year off. That's pretty amazing."
Luxury

"I don't tend to question things that much. If it feels right, I go for it."
Question

"Water is very forgiving. Everything lifts in water."
Water

"I think I've become a much better singer and a much better player. Years and years of playing a couple of hours every day will do that."
Day

"'Time after Time' is one of the best pop songs ever written, in my opinion. It's an incredible, beautiful, timeless song."
Time

"I sort of feel like music saved my life when I was young. This is the one thing that I knew I was good at."
Life
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