Quotes About Solo

My primary goal is to be a solo artist releasing original music.

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.

The expectation on me as a solo artist is very different to the audience's expectation of a Pink Floyd show.

I never envisioned myself as a solo artist; I was always part of a band.

I really wasn't planning on being a solo artist.

I can't even imagine how it must be to be a solo artist playing with session musicians.

As a solo artist, my desire is to express myself through my music.

If you think of a solo artist, you normally know them by their name; you don't normally describe their kind of music. You just say, 'It's so and so, or it's so and so.' But with bands, everyone feels an obligation to categorize them.

It's just that as a solo artist, I have more burden and responsibilities on my shoulders.

I never wanted to be a solo artist.

The biggest challenge was the whole learning curve of being solo artist. I've been in bands for so long that being a solo artist was completely new thing.

When you're a solo artist and you're not doing well, it can be pretty tough. So when success does come, it feels like you've earned it.

I mean, being a solo artist is very different than being a member of a band. It's absolutely different. The whole situation is very different - situations where you can't really compare, it's so very different. But I found happiness.

To put my name on a track as a solo artist was a big deal to me. There was no band to act as a buffer.

I honestly think if I had been a solo artist, it wouldn't have been as bad. Because I was being compared to three other girls, it made people have more of an opinion. If I had been on my own, there would be no one to compare to.

I enjoy singing but I lack the proper training to make it as a solo artist. Instead, I feel I've found my niche with acting.

Actually, the whole thing of being a solo artist has been such a learning process for me. Since I departed from my previous band, NIGHTWISH, it was the whole beginning of my career, there was stuff in the air. I had to learn so much.

I fought doing dance music as a solo artist for a long time. I always thought there was a ceiling with it.

There should always be some sort of conclusion or climax to your solos.

And I've also come to the conclusion that, as far as guitar solos and things like that are concerned, it's more important to complement the music rather than take away from it.

I don't like piano solos.

I try to look at most of my solos as a musical piece within the song, not, say, showing off.

Sometimes when I do an overdub solo, they'll keep four or five of my attempts and then mix the bits that they like to make a solo up out of them. It's not against the rules, really - I can learn my own solos, then. But that's the whole beauty of multi-track recording, isn't it?

My solos are more tastefully conceived now. But I still get going in places. It's just that I build up to it now. I don't race off on a solo. I take my time.