Quotes of: Solo-artist Keyword

I just feel like everyone and their mother thinks they can be an artist. You can't. Sorry. I know I was born to be one.

Paz de la Huerta

There's a very fine line between being artistic and being a dickhead - it's like love and hate.

Peter Hook

Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star.

Patti Smith

Iconic artists are never straight ahead. Michael Jackson loved Elvis and Burt Bacharach, and uniquely blended both of them into what he did.

Pharrell Williams

In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people.

Questlove

Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks.

Roger Caras

Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place with curators in museums; others we take for walks.

Roger A. Caras

Putting out commercial pieces and promoting them and trying to sell them to people is not necessarily what it means to be an artist.

Sean Lennon

A human being is a real artist and a creative in any field, not a programmed robot in some factory.

Shawn Lukas

I just am fascinated by other female artists, probably because I feel a kinship with them, no matter who they are and what they do.

Shirley Manson

I think this is true for all artists. My senses are very important to me.

Sharon Olds

There's definitely some sort of dissent brewing between labels, publishing companies and artists. A lot of it has to do with older licensing schemes.

Sean Parker

I'm still working on my career, still trying to learn from other artistes and develop my skills and my style.

Sean Paul

I don't like these commercial films I do. I'd far prefer to do more artistic films, more cult films.

Shu Qi

As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a different way.

Serj Tankian

I want a performance style that's more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish.

Scott Weiland

But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.

Theodore Bikel

If there is no mystery, for the artist, to solve inside of his art, then there's no point in it. . . . for me, every act of art is the act of solving a mystery.

Truman Capote

I like dirty boys. Mechanics, construction workers, artists who get paint and clay everywhere. They gotta have rough hands.

Tamara Feldman

The reason that I'm an actor, or an artist, is ultimately because I'm trying to paint a self-portrait, and the most complete and beautiful self-portrait that you can.

Terrence Howard

I tend to write and record things quite quickly. You can tamper with things for years, and it's artistic laziness sometimes.

Tom Odell