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Artist Quotes

"It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar player?' It keeps you reaching."

"It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar player?' It keeps you reaching."

Gary Burton, American Musician

Artist, Guitar, Musicians, Saying

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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."

"The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2."

Kelly Jones, Welsh Musician

Artist, Artists, Press, Will

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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."

"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, American Musician

Artist, Jazz, Testing, Voice

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

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

Patti Smith, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Communication, Hollywood

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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."

"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, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Nothing

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"The most aggressive artists often hide their romantic side."

"The most aggressive artists often hide their romantic side."

Don Johnson, American Actor

Artist, Artists, Romantic

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"What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators."

"What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators."

Igor Stravinsky, Russian Composer

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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."

"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, American Musician

Artist, Blood, May

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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."

"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, American Poet

Artist, Freedom, Pressure

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"Is an artist much more than a beggar?"

"Is an artist much more than a beggar?"

Clara Schumann, German Musician

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"A producer should only be there to enable an artist to be himself."

"A producer should only be there to enable an artist to be himself."

Kip Winger, American Musician

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"It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the ordinary man."

"It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the ordinary man."

Loren Eiseley, American Scientist

Artist, Man, Tragedy

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"You don't see artists sitting around a lot, talking about ideology. They find out what they believe, and what they're doing, by doing it."

"You don't see artists sitting around a lot, talking about ideology. They find out what they believe, and what they're doing, by doing it."

Peter Coyote, American Actor

Artist, Artists, Ideology, Talking

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"A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production."

"A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production."

Laurie Anderson, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Production, Style

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"Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist."

"Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist."

Franz Liszt, Hungarian Composer

Artist, Destiny

46

"I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts."

"I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts."

Lou Reed, American Musician

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"I am an artist and have no right buggering about with verbs and split infinitives, which is what being a writer says to me."

"I am an artist and have no right buggering about with verbs and split infinitives, which is what being a writer says to me."

Ralph Steadman, British Cartoonist

Artist, Being, Right, Writer

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"Gospel artists are messengers; they are vessels of a message."

"Gospel artists are messengers; they are vessels of a message."

Boris Kodjoe, Austrian Actor

Artist, Artists

46

"I think they want to keep it separate, but I've never been a crossover artist for some reason."

"I think they want to keep it separate, but I've never been a crossover artist for some reason."

Reba McEntire, American Musician

Artist, Reason, Want

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"Everything that Eddie has said about me is the total opposite of what really happened. Eddie says I wanted to be a solo artist. No, Eddie wanted to be a solo artist."

"Everything that Eddie has said about me is the total opposite of what really happened. Eddie says I wanted to be a solo artist. No, Eddie wanted to be a solo artist."

Sammy Hagar, American Musician

45

"You get used to it when you feel like you're an artist."

"You get used to it when you feel like you're an artist."

Pharrell Williams, American Musician

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"I believed in myself, and I've always worked very, very hard as an artist, and I am an artist in every sense of the word."

"I believed in myself, and I've always worked very, very hard as an artist, and I am an artist in every sense of the word."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

Artist, Sense, Word

45

"I have a private press. I'm a book artist. I publish books of other authors and artists. I do the illustrating. I set the type. I print it myself on my press. I do everything but bind it."

"I have a private press. I'm a book artist. I publish books of other authors and artists. I do the illustrating. I set the type. I print it myself on my press. I do everything but bind it."

Gloria Stuart, American Actress

Artist, Artists, Books, Press

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"Everything we do helps the new artists in the long run."

"Everything we do helps the new artists in the long run."

Ice T, American Musician

Artist, Artists

45

"In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition."

"In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition."

Helmut Jahn, German Architect

Artist, Artists, Competition, Europe

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"If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician."

"If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician."

Buddy Rich, American Musician

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"You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there."

"You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there."

Maria Callas, American Musician

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"I strongly suggest that we play down basics like who influenced whom, and instead study the way the influence is transformed, in other words: how the artist made it his own."

"I strongly suggest that we play down basics like who influenced whom, and instead study the way the influence is transformed, in other words: how the artist made it his own."

Lukas Foss, German Composer

Artist, Influence, Play, Study

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"There's a great difference between being popular and being an artist."

"There's a great difference between being popular and being an artist."

Shirley Knight, American Actress

Artist, Being, Difference, Popular

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"It's about finding great artists and being part of their careers."

"It's about finding great artists and being part of their careers."

Kenneth Edmonds, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Being, Careers

43

"I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground."

"I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground."

Jane Badler, American Actress

Artist, Artists

43

"When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually negotiate."

"When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually negotiate."

Marc Maron, American Entertainer

Artist, Artists, Devil

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"The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure - if you don't like it, the artist is wrong. I belong to the generation which says if you don't like it, you don't understand and you ought to find out."

"The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure - if you don't like it, the artist is wrong. I belong to the generation which says if you don't like it, you don't understand and you ought to find out."

Ethel Barrymore, American Actress

Artist, Pleasure, Wrong

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"I have enjoyed all the artists I've worked with."

"I have enjoyed all the artists I've worked with."

Adrian Belew, American Musician

Artist, Artists

43

"I've always gotten along best with artists."

"I've always gotten along best with artists."

Jerry Hall, American Model

Artist, Artists

43

"Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt."

"Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt."

Holly Near, American Musician

Artist, Being, Hurt

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"I've come to understand my role. On some level, I provide the context for them to shine. I also know my role is the steward of the songs, and the center point, the artist that the stuff all revolves around. But I really try to honor that."

"I've come to understand my role. On some level, I provide the context for them to shine. I also know my role is the steward of the songs, and the center point, the artist that the stuff all revolves around. But I really try to honor that."

Kathy Mattea, American Musician

Artist, Honor, Songs

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"Country artists, I met a lot of them when I was five, six years old. I had an uncle who was a country and western singer and I met Lefty Frizzell when I was five or six years old in those shows that would come through Toronto from Nashville."

"Country artists, I met a lot of them when I was five, six years old. I had an uncle who was a country and western singer and I met Lefty Frizzell when I was five or six years old in those shows that would come through Toronto from Nashville."

Rick Danko, Canadian Musician

Artist, Artists, Country, Old, Years

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"I knew it would happen. I knew I'd be No. 1. I'm a new artist; I don't know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn't happen."

"I knew it would happen. I knew I'd be No. 1. I'm a new artist; I don't know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn't happen."

Erykah Badu, American Musician

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"I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit."

"I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit."

Obie Trice, American Musician

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"Coming from Britain, I was terrified of meeting all these other artists, because artists over there tend to fight with each other a lot, the premise being that there's not enough room for everybody."

"Coming from Britain, I was terrified of meeting all these other artists, because artists over there tend to fight with each other a lot, the premise being that there's not enough room for everybody."

Thom Yorke, English Musician

Artist, Artists, Being, Fight, Meeting

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"Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best."

"Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best."

Wayne Coyne, American Musician

Artist, Artists

42

"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."

"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, American Actor

Artist, Artists, Vote, Worth

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"I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views."

"I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

Artist, Celebrity, Struggle, Voice

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"There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won t."

"There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won t."

Annie Lennox, Scottish Musician

Artist, Artists

42

"To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme."

"To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme."

Mark Mothersbaugh, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Rest

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"The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that."

"The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that."

Brad Paisley, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Freedom, World, Years

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"Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great."

"Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great."

Mikhail Baryshnikov, American Dancer

Artist, Artists, Mediocrity, Project, Stupidity

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"Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other hand, these works have lives of their own, and they're still alive today."

"Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other hand, these works have lives of their own, and they're still alive today."

Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, German Musician

Artist, Artists, Duty, Today

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"There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible."

"There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible."

Wyclef Jean, American Musician

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