Quotes of: Solo-artist Keyword

Doing acting opened up other creative outlets; it made me feel freer as an artist.

Common

I came from the South Side of Chicago wanting to be a rap artist and make videos.

Common

In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.

Charley Pride

When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every new artist, an old one didn't have to be pushed out.

Charley Pride

Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.

Carine Roitfeld

You've got to be honest with yourself aesthetically about who could you play. You want to artistically be true to that character.

Columbus Short

The biggest difference between me and other artists out there is that they'll put anything out to sell a record or sell a ticket.

Corey Taylor

I should have been a much better artist if I could have studied more and amused myself less.

Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

He had been standing still; for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death.

Irving Stone

There should be an element of mystique between the fans and the artist. That bit between the stage and the audience. I think that's necessary.

James Bay

This is the only real concern of the artist, to recreate out of the disorder of life that order which is art.

James Baldwin

The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.

J. Cole

I grew up in Ditchling. It was an idyllic village at the foot of the South Downs. In those days, the village was full of artists and sculptors.

Donald Sinden

If it wasn't for the TLC story, many artists would not have smartened up, and you wouldn't have the Lil Waynes and people with their own labels.

Drew Sidora

But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist.

Edward Burns

Every artist is unreasonable, because he or she is doing something that hasn't been done before.

Eli Broad

Perhaps all artists were, in a sense, housewives: tenders of the earth household.

Erica Jong

As an artist you have the luxury of maybe presenting an issue in a certain way, as opposed to actually solving it.

Ezra Koenig

I have always felt that the Internet was a more important research tool for a writer than an artist.

Bella Freud

I believe that if it were left to artists to choose their own labels, most would choose none.

Ben Shahm

Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.

Benjamin Walker