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Artist Quotes


"Artists are very young, and say, Um, ok, to these industry dudes."


"As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail."


"I didn't really think about becoming a professional artist until high school, when I realized that everything else required too much math."


"There are different kinds of artists and very often, I'll be very frank with you, I wish I were a different kind."


"You have to write badly to write at all. If it's crappy, I will rewrite it later. But it will be mine. You can hear the resonance of an artist who goes into herself."


"As an artist, you don't think about the parabola or the arc you're describing or where you're going to ultimately end up, you're just kind of crawling around, seeing what's out there."


"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."


"I've been compared to hundreds of artists, which just goes to show you that I'm not any one thing at all."


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


"We haven't had a slew of artists, but the artists we do come out with have always had the same momentum."


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


"Well, I worked with lots of different artists, of course."


"The story that I wanna tell is pretty much about the way I grew up. Being bi-racial, growing up in a big city and being an artist."


"Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That's probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each year."


"As an artist, program directors always want to put you in a little box."


"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."


"The copyright bargain: a balance between protection for the artist and rights for the consumer."


"The most important thing for anyone, I think, is to be engaged, whether you're an artist or a journalist is to be engaged in the process at some level."


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


"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."


"As an artist, you're pretty sheltered backstage. You often don't know what's going on out there."
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