Artists Quotes

I'm looking for a deal from one of you TV networks to give Snoop Dogg his own hood TV show where I can find America's hottest hood artists.

Most artists come in and out of the country, they stay may be 2 weeks - or a month max and then they leave.

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

I made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas.

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

There have been makeup artists who've asked if my eyebrows are real.

United Artists wanted to do records with me. I had no idea, what a rare thing that was... to make an album. And they put a guy with me working on songs, and I got busy with films. I just kind of let it slide. Isn't that amazing?

Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists.

You listen to Bob Dylan and you can't help but think of the 60s, it's very relational and if artists are true artists and not just mere musicians they need to be truthful because the music doesn't come from them it comes from the universe and it's to be shared. At best, we're skilled presenters, and I say that at best.

Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine.

Usually, I cut songs by other people that are artists that I already love.

In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves.

My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.

We could ask artists from abroad to come in too, so that there could be a mixing and matching of skills from Europe, America and here which would widen our world.

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

And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music.

I think the great artists, especially in literature, have always thought with the heart.

Sometimes two artists wanna work together, but it doesn't mean it's gonna happen, because you have to find the right idea.

Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational.

I consider myself very lucky indeed to have had the career I have. I listen to the radio now and you can't tell artists apart.

Artists in each of the arts seek after and care for nothing but love.

Success breeds volume, and it's just amazing how many young writers, artists, and musicians there are in town.

The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the rare instances where the term fits.

All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.

I have a long-standing history of respecting artists' wishes.

For Scary Movie 2, we had a due date and had to work fast. And though there's a lot of pressure, as artists, we just block it out. So really, the pressure comes from us. That's how the first movie happened. There was no outside pressure: we wanted to hit the audience hard.

We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end.

I don't mind doing two or three Eagles songs and playing the drums. I'm not one of those artists who's going to sit here and deny the past.

Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.

All the big artists I talk to say that they are trapped in a formula and they are looking for the music of tomorrow.