Quotes About Artists

We all know there are some major problems in the music industry. Every new act signs a bad deal.

Instead of silencing artists, is it possible that antidepressants can actually help them vocalize their creative ambitions?

There are two kinds of artists in this world; those that work because the spirit is in them, and they cannot be silent if they would, and those that speak from a conscientious desire to make apparent to others the beauty that has awakened their own admiration.

I've always liked the minds of criminals, they seem similar to artists.

I'm born and raised Long Island. Billy Joel, Paul Simon, Ben Gibbard - melody-driven guys... They shaped me, molded my music.

Women fail, very simply, if they have no guidance and friendships in art, if they are not perceived as, or permitted to be, artists, and if they have no institutional access.

For some reason I can't explain, artist and musicians tend to look younger than our age. Being in music, you need this youthful sense of discovery and wonder for what you're doing and keep your imagination open. That's a youthful way of looking at life and I think that reflects in how you age.

It seems the myth survives in our culture still, that a young girl's worth, measured against that of a great man, may be of lesser consequence… I would say rather that a man who treats those offering up their love and trust as expendable is lesser himself for having done so. There is art, and there are artists. Let's not confuse the two.

Witches are commonly depicted reading. This may not seem unusual today, however up until the eighteenth century artists rarely depicted women in the act of reading with two significant exceptions: women who are clearly studying devotional material and witches who study books of magic.

el Barrio de las Letras, el barrio en el que habían establecido su residencia estudiantes, artistas, escritores, pintores, el barrio donde Madrid no cierra ni siquiera al amanecer.

Pop artists work really hard, and they might not work for the same things that indie artists do, but they're still musicians, and they're still making art.

I feel like there are a number of indie artists... as they grow, it makes the most sense for them to pivot to pop, to become bigger artists. And I feel like that's when people get really bad, you know? I didn't want to fall into that pitfall.

I think there was a real lane built for indie bands during the time when Chairlift came up.

Autism doesn't have to define a person. Artists with autism are like anyone else: They define themselves through hard work and individuality.

Green Day was more of the influence than Blink.

I remember being influenced by great artists when I was a kid - not to call myself a great artist - but people who I thought were great enough that they really made a difference. And so I would never want to be disappointed by them, and I want to make sure I never disappoint audience.

My first two records were influenced by the Beatles and the Beach Boys.

I think Aaliyah has influenced artists like a Ciara.

I would say my greatest musical influences have been Ella Fitzgerald and Mary J. Blige.

My biggest influences when I was a kid - I listened to a lot of top 40 radio, so whatever the big artists were, so, like, the mid-'80s.

People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there are some artists who have credited me with influencing them.

Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass.

I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?

I don't know any artists that are really emotionally well adjusted. In fact, I think we're all pretty much insane.