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Quote by Nikka Costa

“I always come from a female perspective and a strong music base, trying to keep a positive slant on things. It's important for you to do what you love and not let anyone bring you down, and I keep that message throughout. I like writing songs all females can relate to - songs about when you're a chick and you get your heart broken and you go shopping.”

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Nikka Costa

Nikka Costa is a talented singer-songwriter known for her unique voice and emotional performance style. Born on June 4, 1972, she has been influenced by soul, jazz, and funk, creating her own distinctive musical style. more

“If you're going to be an artist, you have to create music that moves you, and to not try to fit in so much with what's happening around you. It's a career choice. I could have done other kinds of songs that got me in the radio or Top 10, but I wouldn't feel proud of the work. I come up short when I create music I don't like, and fans can tell too. The goal isn't to get into it to be famous; the goal is to perfect your craft and create your own sound.”

Trying Kind Done Moving Artist Song Choices Goal Perfect Proud Fit

Author:Nikka Costa

“Perhaps the most demanding trick in all of art is to know ways that are going to capture the attention of an audience right now, and yet to also hold an audience hundreds or thousands of years into the future in circumstances you just cannot imagine. You've got to go very deep into human nature to do that.”

Art Attention Audience Imagine Human Nature Circumstances Art Is Very Deep

Author:Brian Boyd

“Any artist who really engages with the problems in their medium at that moment and tries to deepen the problems is likely to discover new problems, new possibilities that will excite audiences and continue to excite them.”

Trying Moments Problem Artist Audience Possibility

Author:Brian Boyd

“I think like almost everything in evolution, the old forms persist. New forms come along - not always, of course; there are species and whole lineages that go extinct - but basically novels and plays, and so on, will continue to exist. Jokes, as the lowest-cost form of narrative, will certainly continue to exist. They're a bit like microbes in the biological world. They're low-cost and they're everywhere. They're the most successful form of life, even though they're not the ones we think about most.”

Thinking World Novel Successful Evolution Jokes Persist

Author:Brian Boyd