Music Artist Quotes
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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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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