'The Voice' gave me a chance to show people the side of me that is an artist. People didn't know what that would look like or sound like. It allowed people to see that potential.
I'm always trying to think of something clever and fun to do with the music. There's so many cool things musicians and artists can do with their products.
I see so many activists... who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communication.
I did my New York debut at 21. It was 'On the Town' at the George Gershwin Theatre. New York is my artistic home.
I'm not a boy now. I'm a man, I hope. I hope I've had my artistic bar mitzvah somewhere.
I hope we can be consummate artists as women or revolutionaries, or whatever women want to be, and also have love, not only for ourselves but from a partner.
I hope to make the process of producing my take of the Biennial a transparent and interesting one for artists.
I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
Every Iranian artist dreams of the black market. We don't care about making money.
I think to say that meditation is helpful to artists is true and it's great, but it's also essentially helpful to any kind of process of, just, life.
I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him.
All really great artists, Jackson Pollack, John Cage, Beckett or Joyce - you are never indifferent to them.
Calling a young artist 'great' these days can give one the heebie-jeebies: The word has been denatured in the past decade.
I don't feel that electronic music has to stand on the back of urban artists or anyone else to be recognized. It's great music.
Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times.
I wanted to only create a great perfume, not any perfume that would sell, but a great artistic one that the fans would not feel cheated by.
I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with your artistic plans.
I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me.
What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry.
A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut, it's never going to be good.
It is a good motive, fame and money, as it is tangible and measurable. Being an artist is neither measurable nor tangible and certainly not a way to become rich.
