“I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top.” ThinkingWantDifferentArtistNames Author:Chely Wright
“I think it's shameful when you sell out. It depends what kind of artist you wanna be, but I don't want my name anywhere near another brand.” ThinkingWantKindArtistNamesDependsSellsBrandsShameful Author:Adele
“People need to put my music in a perspective where they use other established artists from the past, and almost all the names I see related to my music are great musicians.” PeopleNeedsUsePastArtistNamesPerspectiveMusicianRelatedGreat MusicGreat Musician Author:Sondre Lerche
“Once you do a piece on the stage, you become that poem or you become that piece. That's really who you are. I think that's why some artists have stage names, you know? I don't have a stage name, it's pretty much just me.” ThinkingKnowsArtistActorsNamesActingPiecesStageWho You AreTheatre Author:Clinton D. Powell
“I think I would prefer to partner with someone once I've established what I actually am trying to do as a solo artist with my actual name.” ThinkingTryingArtistNamesPartnersSolo Author:Michelle Chamuel
“The first impression and a natural one is, that the fine arts have risen or declined in proportion as patronage has been given to them or withdrawn, but it will be found that there has often been more money lavished on them in their worst periods than in their best, and that the highest honours have frequently been bestowed on artists whose names are scarcely now known.” FirstsHas BeensArtArtistFoundNamesGivenNaturalKnownWorstFinePeriodsHighestImpressionProportionHonourMore MoneyRisenFine ArtsFirst ImpressionPatronage Book:Delphi Collected Works of John Constable (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Collected Works of John Constable (Illustrated)
“A flight from London carrying the artist we all used to know as Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, was forced to make an emergency landing in Bangor, Maine after his name showed up on a terrorist no-fly list. I tell you, it's a real success story in the war on terror. You know, we finally got the guy that wrote "Peace Train.” KnowsWarRealStoriesUsedArtistGuyNamesKnownCatTrainIslamTerrorLondonListsTerroristFlightEmergenciesLandingWar On TerrorMaineSuccess StoriesReal Success Author:Cat Stevens
“My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.” KnowsNeedsMindWellsArtistNamesVacant Author:Imogen Cunningham
“Mickey is one of the prime examples: Mickey has never been suspected of being an American export. It was deja vu. They gave him a local name and he's been accepted everywhere he goes.” ArtistNamesExampleAcceptedLocalsPrimeMickeyDeja Vu Author:John Hench
“Our role as artist is more controversial now because there are those, claiming the absolute authority of religion, who detest much of our work as much as they detest most of our politics. Instead of rationally debating subjects like abortion or gay rights, they condemn as immoral those who favor choice and tolerance. They disown their own dark side and magnify everyone else's until, at the extreme, doctors are murdered in the name of protecting life. I wonder, who is this God they invoke, who is so petty and mean? Is God really against gun control and food stamps for poor children?” MeanChildrenArtistChoicesNamesSidesDarkPoorWonderRolesRightsSubjectsGayAuthorityGunDoctorsAbsolutesExtremesFavorsToleranceAbortionGun ControlStampsImmoralPettyControversialDark SideGay RightsInvokeDetestFood StampsPoor Children Author:Barbra Streisand
“Early in school, they called me 'the artist.' When teachers wanted things painted, they called upon me, they called upon 'the artist.' I am not saying that I learned my name, animals can learn their names, I am saying that they learned it.” WantedSchoolArtistNamesAnimalTeacher Author:Louise Berliawsky Nevelson