Quotes About Artist

It's a huge responsibility being a solo act.

The best slide solo I ever played was on... what's her name? That girl singer who used to be with that all-girl band? ... Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Go's! That's who it was. I played on one of her albums.

The greatest compliment I ever got was when people called me an artist, and I understand that solo aspect of being an artist, when you're in there by yourself, trying to do something great, and people who don't even know you can come up and just dump on you.

I was still in school after I dropped my first solo album.

Someone's career that I admire would have to be Justin Timberlake's because he started off on Disney and he made this huge film career and huge solo music career. I really respect him as an artist.

I didn't make a solo album until the year 2000.

I remember a song I did called 'If the Good Die Young' - I wanted to have a lead guitar solo on there, and the label flipped out! It was too rock and roll. They made us go back and put fiddle on the solo.

The guitar player that I'm doing my solo tour with, Angel Vivaldi, he's been releasing incredible guitar albums and people just don't really know about them because instrumental guitar isn't really at the forefront of music these days.

I wish I started out as a solo artist.

It was never going to be easy transitioning from a band to being a solo artist but I accepted that right from the beginning. I'm proud of my work and how I've evolved as artist.

Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already.

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

I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist.

I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.

I think the real exciting part about becoming a solo artist is that you get to really decide on what your new sound and what your new message will be.

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group.

Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist.

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.