“They told me that they are starting a classic label, and wanted me to be the first artist. So I signed, and am producing myself, and writing my own music, but I'm their first artist on their classic label. And I have creative control.” WritingFirstsWantedArtistMy OwnCreativeStartingLabelsClassic Author:Teena Marie
“In the future, I see me as being my own artist and definitely not a ballad singer!” ArtistMy OwnSingersBallads Author:Thia Megia
“I built a reputation as a songwriter in the industry before my own hits. People were used to coming to me for songs. There were songs like 'Clown' and 'Mountains' that were my songs that I wanted to keep. But the record labels saw me as a songwriter. It was hard to get people to believe in me as an artist.” PeopleBelieveHardWantedUsedArtistSongMy OwnRecordsSawsIndustryMountainBuiltReputationLabelsBelieve In MeSongwritersClownRecord Labels Author:Emeli Sande
“My mother is an artist, and I have a strong visual sense. I almost always choose the cover art for my books. I've learned that the more I collaborate, like by having someone do a soundtrack to one of my books, the more I see my own work differently.” ArtBookMotherArtistStrongMy OwnI've LearnedVisualsSoundtracks Author:Jeff VanderMeer
“Once I started reinventing for myself what being an artist was - not going into a studio, but making things on my own terms in response to being out in the world - I started to really enjoy it... I realized that everything else for me was hell.” WorldArtistEnjoyTermMy OwnHellResponseStudiosI RealizedRenewalBeing An ArtistReinventing Author:Cornelia Parker
“I'm an artist because that's what I was best at as a kid. It was fun... I continue to be an artist... for the freedom that an art career can bring. I don't need an alarm clock and I am my own boss.” NeedsArtKidsArtistFunMy OwnCareersProfessionClockBossAlarmsAlarm Clocks Author:Mark Kostabi
“I am in no sense of the word a great artist, not even a great animator; I have always had men working for me whose skills were greater than my own. I am an idea man.” MenIdeasArtistMy OwnGreaterSkillsBeing YourselfGreat ArtGreat ArtistAnimator Author:Walt Disney
“My mom is an artist and my own fiction is deeply visual.” ArtistMy OwnFictionMomMy MomVisuals Author:Jeff VanderMeer
“It was important that I learn that what I wanted was no different from what other artists wanted: confidence that I could be my own censor, audience, and competition.” ImportantDifferentWantedArtistMy OwnAudienceConfidenceCompetition Author:Beverly Pepper
“I've decided to do what I want to do in life and follow my own path as an artist, so I've decided not to participate in any sort of nostalgia in which I'm marginalized as a pop icon of yesteryear.” WantArtistMy OwnPathDecidedPopsNostalgiaIconsMarginalizedYesteryear Author:Thomas F. Wilson
“What influenced my style was the feeling that I was a lousy artist... I was like the ugly duckling, not knowing what I was, style-wise, and thinking I was all on my own... I evolved into a style that couldn't be compared to anyone else.” ThinkingFeelingsArtistMy OwnKnowingWiseStyleUglyNot KnowingDucklingsUgly Duckling Author:Jim Rowe
“I think part of being an artist is having the ability to define your own responsibilities. I certainly wouldn't prescribe any. As far as I'm concerned, my biggest responsibility is to my own imagination. We're all conduits. Art preceded me, and it'll be here long after I'm gone.” ThinkingLongArtArtistImaginationMy OwnAbilityResponsibilityGoneConcernedBeing An Artist Author:Pierre Coupey
“Sometimes, being a feminist artist, there are times where I'm in a position where I just want to feel like I'm saying all the right things politically, or I feel like I have to mention my own project over other people's projects.” PeopleWantFeelsSometimesArtistMy OwnPositionProjectsFeministRight Thing Author:Kathleen Hanna
“So the only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost. All the wrong environment will do is run his blood pressure up; he will spend more time being frustrated or outraged. My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food, and a little whiskey.” NeedsLittlesHas BeensRunningArtistMy OwnPleasureEnvironmentBloodCostSolitudePaperToolsPressureTradeMore TimeFrustratedTobaccoWhiskeyOutragedBlood PressureBeing Frustrated Author:William Faulkner
“I know I can only do as much as I can do... Although I have so many ideas of my own, I'm still very interested in helping to cultivate and encourage some promising new artists. But there are a lot of people and, unfortunately, a very small window.” PeopleKnowsI CanIdeasHelpingArtistCan DoMy OwnWindowNew Artists Author:Tyler Perry