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Artist Quotes


"My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And that's the reason I went to college and got my degree, which has been great for me. It's helped me a lot with my career."


"Well we took it apart scene by scene. We examined every sentence, every full stop, every comma. He has a most wonderful eye for detail, Roman, and you know, he's a very good artist."


"All the things we have to remember, and I've mentioned this before, is that we're all artists."


"When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight."


"I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to."


"Paul is a very creative artist but I'm more that thorough, meticulous, disciplined nut."


"Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist."


"But I listen to everything, I listen to all artists that come along."


"My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter."


"A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong."


"I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and record what interests me and I do approach the stage shows in much the same way."


"An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's."


"I want to keep - this seems so corny - I want to keep growing as an artist."


"The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable."


"A garden is a complex of aesthetic and plastic intentions; and the plant is, to a landscape artist, not only a plant - rare, unusual, ordinary or doomed to disappearance - but it is also a color, a shape, a volume or an arabesque in itself."


"You know, Simon he's an artist representative, but Randy and Paula actually were in the industry as artists so they had, you know, the information that they offered to us from their aspect."


"My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me."


"As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist."


"Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down."


"Back in the 60s, San Francisco artists lived in communes."


"The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication."


"Derek Trucks is a real good new artist. He's a young guy."


"I think there are a lot of pictures to make. I sometimes question whether I'm even an artist or just a painter. To me, the making of the pictures is the most important thing."
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