Artists Quotes

A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.

There are forms of art that I might not like to do myself, but I still have respect for the artists who create it.

So I guess the complete lack of any new developments is what struck me. That and the fact that much of the good we had done for the artists' side of the industry with G.O.D. had been just as quickly undone by the big boys.

I think there is an element of nihilism about, but I don't think most artists feel their work is meaningless.

I think right now, you've seen these artists pop up over the last decade who've flirted with branching together a lot of different kinds of music. Some of them have been huge, and sold millions of records. And I think over time it's become a little bit of what the industry can be.

Well, I think there are artists who are more or less contemporary with Hopper who are more relevant.

The advice I have for new artists is this - write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.

The same music is playing on the radio in San Francisco, New York, Washington DC and Annapolis. Everywhere you go there's the same artists and same songs by them, over and over again. At some stations they play the same songs 50 to 60 times a week.

You don't hear no artists from Compton showing vulnerability.

It's a funny relationship that makeup artists have. I always feel kind of like a dentist. People look at me and think of pain.

I'm interested in how artists and writers do this, using art as therapy. Escaping into the worlds we create. We're all victims and few of us are truly free.

Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.

I think probably, the makeup artists don't really know how long it's going to take until they really work with your face and they kind of mold it and build it as they're going along.

The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians.

I decided at 15 that I didn't want to be one of those artists that gets up and sings love songs they don't mean. I decided that I was going to be me to the fullest extent, that my songs were going to reflect relationships I've had, things I've been through, and even the stuff I'm embarrassed about.

However, the radio and national media depend much more on the hype from a good record label, and from a " buzz " about a band, then from just one or two good shows. There are a lot of artists that have a ton of good press going for them, and still do not make it big in the US.

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

Artists aren't really people. I'm actually 40 per cent papier mache.

The only logical thing I can think of is that I knew there were such things as artists, and I knew there were none where I lived. So I knew that to be an artist you had to be somewhere else. And I very much wanted to be somewhere else.

Art and money are closely related. Try sitting down with a group of artists and ask them what's on their mind. Very quickly the topic shifts to money. And it can be very hard to get them off that subject.

I'm a huge fan of Geffen records. Everything about them - their artists, their videos, their marketing.

I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.

I know it is common nowadays for artists to start labels but this is a thoroughly constructed vehicle for inspired talent. This is a market that we've been living, breathing and eating for our entire lives - one where a huge void currently exists. Favored Nations is a long-term commitment.

Wynton and Christopher were really great experiences for me because they are both very gifted artists.

When I think of the artists I admire and seek out musically. It's because I'm curious about where they're going to go the next time they have a chance to put a record out. It's not about where I find them on the radio dial, or how many records they're selling.

The immature artist imitates. Mature artists steal.

There are certain people who have become better artists, but they're brilliant at marketing. I think someone who's been phenomenal like that is Madonna.

Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum, a base in European classical music as well.

I think that most artists are leaning towards fragile idiots.

If the goal is to get the best artists, actors, and filmmakers in the world to create the best movies, Hollywood does a decent job. And I think no one would disagree with me that it also makes a ton of bad movies and employs a bunch of hacks.