Quotes About Artists

Government money in the arts, I fear, can only deflect artists from their responsibility to find an authentic market for their products.

A lot of artists are just really stupid about money, and it's really hard to find somebody who kind of thinks of shuffling money around and doing business as an art.

Artists, as a rule, understand nothing about business, or, for some reason or other, they aren't allowed to understand anything about it.

Buy real records in real shops, or I'll come round your house and scream at your mother.

They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought.

Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wantedto build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home

Unauthorized use of these MP3 files is really creating a problem for artists in the music community.

I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life.

I grew up with all kinds of music, but my heart was particularly drawn to Country Music because of the guitar playing, the lyrics and of artists like Steve Warner and Vince Gill.

Music has given a voice to many generations, and I think we, as artists, can be a part of creating a better world.

There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.

There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.

Because of piracy there has been a massive downturn in people buying music, which makes it more difficult for artists to make money from the sale of records.

I like to think illegal downloads only do real damage to the endless amounts of careless pop music though.

I think there's good music out there. I just think that radio stations don't play it.

I don't think music can be held. I don't think artists can be put into boxes or places. It's all about creating and making the best music you can.

This isn't about fans, greed or money. It's about being morally right or wrong. Nobody is governing the way music gets from artists to fans. It's all running amok.

Most artists, you know, you spend their entire lives learning how to play music and write songs, and they don't really know how the music business works.

I always hope that my music can inspire someone, the same way other artists inspire me.

Country music fans are extremely passionate and loyal. It seems that country artists have longer-lasting careers because the fans stick with the artists through thick and thin.

In the tradition of the classic songwriter rooms like The Bluebird in Nashville, Strange Brew is a gift to the music community in Austin, for artists and audiences alike

Music itself was color-blind but the media and the radio stations segregate it based on their perceptions of the artists.

I'm not really a big Springsteen guy. I'll listen to the music, but ... I didn't really get attached to it as much as, like, country artists. That's really who I listen to.

Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.