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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."
119
"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."
99
"My grandfather was not a musician but he was an artist - a painter, a decorative painter."
68
"All the things we have to remember, and I've mentioned this before, is that we're all artists."
59
"I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad."
58
"When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight."
56
"Once you're a Motown artist, you're always a Motown artist."
51
"Paul is a very creative artist but I'm more that thorough, meticulous, disciplined nut."
51
"The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable."
48
"A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong."
47
"But I listen to everything, I listen to all artists that come along."
46
"To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now."
45
"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."
44
"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."
43
"I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to."
43
"Every photo shoot, I'm always asking the makeup artist what they're using on me, and I'll go out and get it."
41
"As an artist, I understand that, and I value the creative input of the artist."
39
"Within two weeks of working with her, I realized how good she was for the role because she was absolutely with it and she has got terrific instincts, I think, as an artist, too."
39
"Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down."
38
"I want to keep - this seems so corny - I want to keep growing as an artist."
38
"These are all voluntary resources which help parents sort out the choices without infringing on the artists' rights to free speech, which is something that we respect."
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