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"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."
Jon Secada
"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."
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"Competitions are for horses, not artists."
Bela Bartok
"Competitions are for horses, not artists."
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"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."
Ronald Harwood
"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."
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"My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words."
Shakira
"My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words."
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"We showed the industry that female artists could attract the same audiences as the big male stars."
Sarah McLachlan
"We showed the industry that female artists could attract the same audiences as the big male stars."
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"All the things we have to remember, and I've mentioned this before, is that we're all artists."
Terrence Howard
"All the things we have to remember, and I've mentioned this before, is that we're all artists."
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"Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal."
Igor Stravinsky
"Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal."
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"When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight."
Placido Domingo
"When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight."
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"I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to."
Nancy Sinatra
"I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to."
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"I want to be an artist that everyone can relate to, that's young, happy and fun."
Britney Spears
"I want to be an artist that everyone can relate to, that's young, happy and fun."
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"Paul is a very creative artist but I'm more that thorough, meticulous, disciplined nut."
Art Garfunkel
"Paul is a very creative artist but I'm more that thorough, meticulous, disciplined nut."
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"Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist."
Smokey Robinson
"Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist."
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"The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark."
Agnes de Mille
"The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark."
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"But I listen to everything, I listen to all artists that come along."
Skitch Henderson
"But I listen to everything, I listen to all artists that come along."
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"My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter."
Gyorgy Ligeti
"My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter."
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"A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong."
Orson Welles
"A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong."
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"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."
David Bowie
"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."
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"An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's."
Jonas Salk
"An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's."
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"I want to keep - this seems so corny - I want to keep growing as an artist."
John Glover
"I want to keep - this seems so corny - I want to keep growing as an artist."
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"The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable."
Carroll O'Connor
"The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable."
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"You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice."
Lauryn Hill
"You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice."
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"I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged."
Maria Callas
"I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged."
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"I started crying, because there's nothing like hearing that the artist who originally did the song likes your version."
Kelly Rowland
"I started crying, because there's nothing like hearing that the artist who originally did the song likes your version."
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"Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny."
Franz Liszt
"Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny."
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"I was looking at making a shift in my career. I've been so blessed I'd like to be able to give that back. If I could find young artists, young performers I can nurture to have a career I would really like that."
Diana Ross
"I was looking at making a shift in my career. I've been so blessed I'd like to be able to give that back. If I could find young artists, young performers I can nurture to have a career I would really like that."
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"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."
Roberto Burle Marx
"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."
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"The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2."
Kelly Jones
"The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2."
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"I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages."
John Zorn
"I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages."
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"I'm always looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a jazz artist-to find different ways of testing my voice."
Cassandra Wilson
"I'm always looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a jazz artist-to find different ways of testing my voice."
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"But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk."
John Lone
"But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk."
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"I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing."
Jo Stafford
"I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing."
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"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."
Ruben Studdard
"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."
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"My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me."
Meredith Brooks
"My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me."
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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."
John Dyer
"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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"As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist."
Charlton Heston
"As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist."
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"Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down."
Buffy Sainte-Marie
"Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down."
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"Back in the 60s, San Francisco artists lived in communes."
Gedde Watanabe
"Back in the 60s, San Francisco artists lived in communes."
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"One of the makeup artists once dyed my dog blue with vegetable blue."
Mia Kirshner
"One of the makeup artists once dyed my dog blue with vegetable blue."
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"Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs."
Desmond Morris
"Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs."
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"Any musician who can stop may be a musician, but they're no artist. If it's in your blood, it can't stop flowing."
Paul Westerberg
"Any musician who can stop may be a musician, but they're no artist. If it's in your blood, it can't stop flowing."
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"It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them."
Etta James
"It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them."
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"The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication."
Patti Smith
"The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication."
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"Is an artist much more than a beggar?"
Clara Schumann
"Is an artist much more than a beggar?"
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"Derek Trucks is a real good new artist. He's a young guy."
Johnny Winter
"Derek Trucks is a real good new artist. He's a young guy."
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"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."
Martin Mull
"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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"And their pals vote for their stuff when they're not on the panel, and it just keeps going that way. And they tend to be very fringe artists, so anything before the 20th century is not worth considering. This is out of date."
Charlton Heston
"And their pals vote for their stuff when they're not on the panel, and it just keeps going that way. And they tend to be very fringe artists, so anything before the 20th century is not worth considering. This is out of date."
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"A great chef is an artist that I truly respect."
Robert Stack
"A great chef is an artist that I truly respect."
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"The most aggressive artists often hide their romantic side."
Don Johnson
"The most aggressive artists often hide their romantic side."
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"There have been makeup artists who've asked if my eyebrows are real."
Peter Gallagher
"There have been makeup artists who've asked if my eyebrows are real."
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"What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators."
Igor Stravinsky
"What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators."
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