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I think music is a powerful medium because it co-inspires. It inspires the artist who then inspires the listener, and it's a back-and-forth process. — Serj Tankian

I'm such a lover of music that it would be very hard for me to pinpoint it to a particular artist. — Bobby Sherman

For me the top music though has to be Rock or Hip Hop and artists like Kanye West. — Steve Purdy

I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything. — Eddie Murphy

I don't think music can be held. I don't think artists can be put into boxes or places. It's all about creating and making the best music you can. — Trey Songz

My favorite artist in the world is Michael Jackson, and he revolutionized the music video aspect of music. — Chance The Rapper

I didn't do music to live; I lived so that I could do music. — Charlotte Eriksson

It is an artist's duty to reflect the times. — Nina Simone

An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself. — Artie Shaw

My greatest accomplishment is the freedom for doing what I want to do with my music ... I love my freedom so I'm happy I am a free artist. — Ziggy Marley

The reason you might choose to embrace the artist within you now is that this is the path to (cue the ironic music) security. — Seth Godin

I'm a commercial artist, both in music and art. — Grace Slick

You know that I immerse myself in music, so to speak - that I think about it all day long - that I like experimenting - studying - reflecting. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I want to grow as an artist, and I'm taking a step out. I want my music to mature. — Justin Bieber

I said that when I establish myself as an artist that can do pretty much anything I want to do in music, I'm going to make a country album. — R. Kelly

An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away. — Artie Shaw

To most white people, jazz means black and jazz means dirt, and that's not what I play. I play black classical music. — Nina Simone

Every artist has a moment where they think about quitting music for a moment because it's scary. — Tyler Farr

Creatively, I'd like to achieve not only being an artist, but being a businessman and having my own music home. — Anthony Hamilton

I've always felt that music is an art form that deserves to live the life of the artist. — Roger Daltrey

I grew up listening to Tupac, Biggie and other hip hop artists in the 90s. To this day, their music is still some of my favorite. — Michael Isabella

I would like to be known as an 'artist'. Whether that be music, acting, sketching, cooking, whatever. I'm interested in all of those things. — Mark Salling

Supporting a creative artist can mean buying their books, music, art, movie, and photographs or just shouting out their name. — Chris Mentillo

When you are a real artist who is serious about your craft, you love good music. Period. — Lil' Kim

Music is exciting and easy to enjoy, the rhythm and voice.
It does not need interpretation. That is why it is called the Universal Language. — Ellen J. Barrier

My sister is an artist and an interior designer. She went to high school for art. I went to high school for music. — Maira Kalman

When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea. — St. Lucia

I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All my songs have colours. — Ed Sheeran

Music is art, and once you become an artist, you need to learn how to accept criticism. — Yanni

I always try to go where the excitement is, where the best music is. I dont care what kind of music it is. I go with the best artist we can find. — Jimmy Iovine

I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do one of his songs like 'Bad Religion' or 'Pink Matter.' — Jacob Artist

I just appreciate what Andre 3000 has done musically - just the bravery. I think Andre 3000 may be one of the bravest artists in rap music. — Nas

I'm an indie artist with major distribution, so one foot in the extreme major music business and one foot in the abyss of indie artists. — John Oates

Me as an artist, I've ventured off into doing all types of music. I'll do a jazz album, you know what I mean. — Common

As a black artist in America, you know, it is so segregated as far as the radio goes and how they position music on the radio. — Kelis

I believe that there is no doubts about who I am, an artist who loves music, above everything. — Lana Del Rey

I am no longer afraid of becoming lost, because the journey back always reveals something new, and that is ultimately good for the artist. — Billy Joel

We need all kinds of artists. We have no need to destroy drawing. We lose so much. This wouldn't happen in music. — David Hockney

I don't know, the artist thing is not me. I love making music, though. — Pharrell Williams

Amazingly, I've been sort of an anomaly in the music industry. I feel like I've been able to exist as kind of a throwback artist. — Jewel

I'm an artist. And I'm happy that I was there at the commencement of this music, this Jamaican music, to put my contribution and help to establish it. — Jimmy Cliff

As I do with most films, I try and find some music that you could use throughout, not just a sampling of lots of different artists. — Gus Van Sant

I'm full of dust and guitars... — Syd Barrett

I would say that I'm more than just a teeny-bopper artist ... that my music can appeal to people of all ages. — Drake Bell

Music and art and poetry attune the soul to God. — Thomas Merton

A musician, an artist, an architect: the man or woman who is not one of these is not a Christian. — William Blake

As for today's music, Nicki Minaj is killing it. She's an amazing artist. — Neon Hitch

I'd like to make music for a long time, and all different types of music. Maybe I'll start my own label to get other artists off the ground. — Jamie Cullum

I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if I wasn't a big solo artist. — Merry Clayton

I'm the No. 1 artist in the world right now ... I am the No. 1 human being in music. — Kanye West

As soon as I got into music, I tried to be a working, real artist who gets paid for what he does, who doesn't have a day job. — Frank Black

I honestly don't feel that it's my music that's under-appreciated. I think that it's me that's under-appreciated. As an artist, period. — Ne-Yo

My goal as an artist is to always be true to who I am and give my fans music they will enjoy for a lifetime. — Faith Hill

It is by continuing to put out good work that the artist best shows his gratitude. — Criss Jami

Everyone looks to an artist for something more than just the music, and that message of being comfortable in my own skin is number one for me. — Lizzo

Those are miracles that no merely human brain can work. The artist is merely the sound conduct of a Force that dictates to him what he should do. — Johannes Brahms

The greatest respect an artist can pay to music is to give it life. — Pablo Casals

I know as a fan of music I want my favorite artists to give me as much content and music as possible , so that is what I am trying to do. — Jackson Harris

Whoa!!! I heard I offended one of my all time favorite artists Ray Price by my statement Nobody wants to listen to their grandpas music. — Blake Shelton

When I talk about music in Memphis, it's a place you can go if you are a beginning artist or anywhere in your career, and you can incubate. — Valerie June

The music does a lot for me. I'm one of those types of artists who the music really inspires my delivery, my cadence, and what I hear. — LeCrae

I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation. — Criss Jami

I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. That's not what I grew up around. — G-Eazy

Sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left. — Itzhak Perlman

A quiet mind allows the artist to tap into the wellspring of Divine Music within. — Kenny Werner

I always want to be growing in my craft. Any artist should - whether you paint, whether you do music or film - always grow and study. — LeCrae

Everyone wants to know what kind of music their favorite artist listens to. It feels good to. I don't try to dwell on that too much though. — Brett Dennen

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be — Abraham H. Maslow

If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world. — Kanye West

I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint. — Chuck Berry

If I had the capabilities of being something other than I am, I would. It's no fun being an artist. You know what it's like, writing, it's torture. — John Lennon

To be honest, I didn't really get into making music to be an album artist. — DJ Shadow

I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in. — Tracy Chapman

Because all the brilliant ones- they can sing it and they can paint it, but they can't do it. You can't expect them to love you. — Dakota Lane

I know my sound, and I have to be true to who I am as an artist, even though I want be real cool, and make really cool music. — Brooke Fraser

It's funny, I can see the science in how music is made with other artists, but it's hard for me to dissect my own thing. — Questlove

For me, if the music is good, whether the artist is famous or unknown, I love being part of the music and contributing what I can to the bass end. — Tony Levin

My question about my art and my music has always been, 'Am I good, or am I good because?' I'm not the artist who wants to have the 'because' attached. — K'naan

What I've learnt about artists over the years is, artists are usually the opposite to their music. — Marina And The Diamonds

The shades of colours are splendid. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music business. — Ray Stevens

Even with artists I love, only about a third of their music is what really hits the sweet spot for me. — Danger Mouse

A musician's or artist's responsibility is a simple one, and that is, through your music to tell the truth, — Tom Morello

People ask who I am as an artist, who I am as a person. I don't ever want to tell them who I am; you can find that out in the music. — Kip Moore

I wanna be forever young. — Alphaville

I was raised on a farm in East Tennessee, and my first concert was Britney Spears. It's my job as a country music artist to be honest about that. — Kelsea Ballerini

Sometimes I'm in the studio, sometimes I'm not. It's about delivering the music to the artist, but it's also about the inspiration. — DJ Khaled

If a musician wants to become a fine artist, he must first become a finer person. — Shinichi Suzuki

In many times, after creating a piece of work I want to stand up and applaud. — Shawn Lukas

He revolutionized music videos. Before Michael Jackson, MTV refused to play African-American artists. — Spike Lee

A great piece of music make people to close their eyes but a great magic effect make their eyes wide open. — Amit Kalantri

There was never really a Plan B for me - I always wanted to be a music artist. — Tinashe

You can't steal an artist's songs and also tell him he can't license that music to a commercial. — Jack White

Music tells you about the artist and what they were thinking about at the time, because the person has to think about it to sing it. — Sean Paul

Being a pop artist or making music like a jingle or something - I don't do that. — Chris Robinson

With the new ways of getting music out, you don't need a label if you're a legacy artist. — Bonnie Raitt

As an artist myself I don't like to be preached. I want to enjoy myself, so I kind of use that perspective to make music. — Ziggy Marley

She's got everything she needs; she's an artist, she don't look back. — Bob Dylan

It's hard to be taken seriously if you're a young, female artist making pop music; you never know how people are going to react. — Alessia Cara

I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top. — Chely Wright