Quotes About Artists

Amy Winehouse and Paul Weller are examples of poets, I think.

Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets.

People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists.

Defeat furnishes good material to the poets and the artists, but none of us care to have the glory of the conquered apply to us.

Since childhood, it was my dream to go where all the poets and artists had been. Rimbaud, Artaud, Brancusi, Camus, Picasso, Bresson, Goddard, Jeanne Moreau, Juliette Greco, everybody - Paris for me was a Mecca.

Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it's pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one.

Live albums are very important for Rush, and they became sort of a closing chapter for us.

I like Drake, I like Rihanna, I like Beyonce, I like Mumford and Sons, and Coldplay.

I collaborate with Tidal because they're for the artists - the up and coming artists and the O.G.s in the game. It's like a home, the only place we have for the artists to find support.

I think the more you know people and the more you get to know artists, the better you can collaborate.

There's a joy I get from collaborating with other artists, and there's a joy I get from making songs on my own.

I'm writing a record of comedy songs. I'm doing all these collaborations with artists. I bring them lyrics and they write the music to it.

There are some commercial artists that have number one after number one, and you go to their show, and the show's one-note. Yeah, they're all hit songs. But there's no emotion, because they're the same kind of hit songs, because they're what works at radio. That kills live shows for me.

I constantly compare myself to artists who have, like, 10 times the budget I do. My mind is the biggest challenge, honestly.

I love a sexy caper show, and I love shows about con artists.

There's a lot of concern that London is changing and artists are being forced to move to new areas.

I don't actually go to that many concerts.

I didn't really buy LPs or go to concerts.

I worked with Snoop, but I would love to work with him again, but DMX... I would love to work with him as well... I met him in Atlanta; I went to one of his concerts; I would love to do a song with him. I respect him and really like his music.

I've done more than a few concerts on the same stage as Nik Kershaw, and I've done a couple with Go West.

I always tell my audiences not to listen to such artists who play audio CDs at their concerts. Such shows shouldn't be called live shows. People like AR Rahman, Sunidhi Chauhan, and Arijit Singh are the ones who hold true concerts.

Is there really any relationship between artists' personal conduct and their art? Certainly not.

For those who aspire to become K-pop artists, I'd like to say 'Have confidence and love yourself.'

I think a lot of artists get confused when people like their music; they think that means people know and like them. I'm sure there's an element of truth to that, but to me, the music I make is what I'm most proud of. I prefer to focus on that and for people to focus on the music, too.