Great artists are a little too gifted to be bound by boxes and labels, and in saying that, the label 'artist' is to be used lightly.
The best kind of writing is that which comes from the authors soul.
Artistic tricks divert from the effect that an artist endeavors to produce, and even excellent elements such as bullets, arrows, brackets, ornate initials, are at best superficial ornamentation unless logically employed.
It's important for any artist - particularly female artists - to feel completely comfortable and to know what they're trying to do.
I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from them, I'm going to grow artistically.
I enjoy being on stage with other artists. I have a chance to watch and see people responding to the other artists songs. I get to see how people are affected by the music.
One of the things that I am happy about in my life as an artist is that I am not considered a Hispanic artist.
What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to record with them. That label was Def Jam Records.
I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had in mind.
In my early days, I was about 145 pounds. I was really a starving artist; the poster child for starving artists.
Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man.
Modelling, it's being an artist as well. It's just being a silent artist. It takes a lot of self-control and a lot of discipline.
Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.
A lot of artists are much more concerned about how their work is used and how it's disseminated. That, to artists, is as important as the money, for some people.
An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.
This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Bruno Mars, he's using Spotify, creating playlists and listening to music through it.
I think that there was a fad where everyone said, 'I want you to create a signature step for my artist.' The thing is, for me, music creates the step. The artist commands the step, you know?
Thank goodness it wasn't real sex.
You love me. Real or not real?" I tell him, "Real.
I kept thinking, I went to college and I have to get a real job.
We're a very close family and we're a very real family, and I think every real family has real problems.
