Quotes About Artist

Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.

I'm a commercial artist, both in music and art.

An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself.

It's hard to be taken seriously if you're a young, female artist making pop music; you never know how people are going to react.

When you do music, you have no control who comes to your shows.

One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables the artist to sell a process rather than a piece of product.

I think the legacy I'll leave on music is just an artist that went out here and gave 100%.

My favorite type of music to sing is country, and my favorite type of music to listen to is country.

I'm a pretty bad troubadour. I'm more of a music fan who got away with making records.

I watched and learned about music as a member of Big Bang. Of course it's important to show my charms as an artist by showing my abilities but that's what our solo activities are for.

I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.

The collectability of music is something lost in the age of MP3s and album downloads. Holding an album in your hands and having the full-sized artwork reconnects the artist and the listener.

If I'm trading bars with somebody, it certainly is not because I have a release coming. Joe Budden prides himself on the music and not the sales aspect.

I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting.

I believe that there is no doubts about who I am, an artist who loves music, above everything.

Especially as an artist who has been signed to one of the majors throughout my last ten years, you don't always get to write your own music.

Videos have to go hand in hand with your music, so that's why, ultimately, they should be created by the artist. And if they're not, it doesn't really add up to me.

For me, being transparent about every aspect of my life is what makes my music relatable and how I'm able to be an individual amongst the mass amounts of other artists.

I play my own music. Fans come out to hear the songs I've made.

I mean, I do consider that my music is pop because Ive been influenced by pop music my whole life; I grew up in the States and 80s pop music was my biggest influence.

I mean I like pop music, and I like heavy music and, stuff that I like... the band I've signed on to our label right now; they're called The Sounds. They're kind of like a new-wave pop band.

I'm an artist. And I'm happy that I was there at the commencement of this music, this Jamaican music, to put my contribution and help to establish it.

The soul of the great musician can only be expressed in music.

The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves.