“Now, you can just get a laptop, get some software, put a microphone on it and make a record. You have to know how to do it. It does help if you've had 35 or 40 years of experience in the studio. But, it still levels the playing field so artists can record their own stuff.” IfsKnowsYearsDoeStillsHelpingArtistStuffLevelsKnow HowRecordsFieldsStudiosSoftwareMicrophonesLaptopsPlaying FieldsYears Of Experience Author:Roger McGuinn
“No art is any good unless you can feel how it's put together. By and large it's the eye, the hand and if it's any good, you feel the body. Most of the best stuff seems to be a complete gesture, the totality of the artist's body; you can really lean on it.” IfsFeelsArtBodyHandsSeemsEyeTogetherArtistStuffArt IsGesturesTotality Author:Frank Stella
“I don't like a lot of the stuff that goes on in the art world, but it's hard to be old and like what goes on around you.” WorldArtHardArtistStuffGoes OnArt World Author:Frank Stella
“I think Prince should open up a little more to other artists. Just because we love Prince. Especially the old stuff - we love him to death. But if he opened up he would be something to deal with. Imagine Kanye West producing a Prince track? It would be banoodles!” IfsThinkingShouldLittlesWould BeArtistStuffDealsImagineWestTrackOld Stuff Author:Jamie Foxx
“I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is probably my biggest musical influence of all. And Donny Hathaway.” ThinkingArtistStuffWonderInfluenceMusicalMusical Influence Author:Jonny Lang
“I was writing a scene where a guy was choking another guy to death. You can go online and type 'chokeholds' and watch scenes where martial artists choke each other out. You can hear what noises they make when they go unconscious, see how their bodies flop and everything. YouTube is amazing for the more detailed stuff.” WritingBodyArtistGuyStuffWatchesTypeSceneNoiseUnconsciousOnlineMartial ArtsYoutubeChokeOther GuysMartial Artist Author:Daniel H. Wilson
“Makeup artists are always giving me their stuff. My favorite thing is free stuff. I'll take anything.” GivingArtistStuffMy FavoriteMakeupFavorites ThingsMakeup ArtistFree Stuff Author:Cindy Margolis
“Some of my favorite artists are Jason Mraz, Eric Hutchinson, Ben Folds, Bruno Mars, Mumford and Sons, Maroon 5 - their vibe is slightly different from all the pop stuff on 'Glee,' although some do fall into that genre.” DifferentArtistFallStuffSonMy FavoritePopsGenreMarsFoldsJasonEricGleeFavorite ArtistColonizing MarsMaroonMaroon 5 Author:Grant Gustin
“When you're an artist, you can only do your own stuff. Even if you only write for other people, you're really more focused on yourself. So while everybody's out touring, I'm working on records.” PeopleIfsWritingArtistStuffRecordsFocusedTouring Author:Rico Love
“I get a lot of 'Oh, you've been gone.' I wasn't gone. Just because you didn't see me doesn't mean I wasn't working and collecting checks. I just wasn't singing and doing videos. I do a lot of other things, like I said, like writing scripts and stuff like that. I write for other artists.” WritingMeanSaidArtistStuffGoneSingingScriptsChecksVideoCollectingWriting Scripts Author:Tionne Watkins
“These kids will make you cry, laugh... They make you feel all kinds of emotions through their writings and they share a lot with me, as an instructor, that they might not normally share with other people because they are young artists and they need a platform for pulling that stuff out.” PeopleNeedsFeelsWritingKindMightKidsYoungArtistStuffEmotionLaughingShareCryAll KindsPlatformsPullingCreative WritingInstructorsYoung ArtistsMake You Cry Author:Clinton D. Powell
“There are a few artists that I'm really into. I mean, I'm a big Nick Cave fan. And there's a band from Australia called Big Heavy Stuff that's one of my favorite bands ever.” MeanBigsArtistStuffFansBandMy FavoriteHeavyAustraliaCavesFavorite Bands Author:J. Robbins
“Any artist will tell you he's really only interested in the stuff he's doing now. He will, always. It's true, and it should be like that.” ShouldArtistStuffInterest Author:David Hockney
“We are trying to evoke and reinforce meanings from the spaces we cover and the times we're given. Short or long this becomes our purpose. What we artists do is important stuff.” TryingLongImportantPurposeArtistGivenStuffSpaceEvoke Author:Robert Genn
“It's never the same relationship. I see my job as filling in the blanks. Whatever it is that the artist lacks in the process of making a record, I'm supposed to fill that in. And sometimes it's a lot of stuff and I have to hector them about working on the material and that sort of thing. Sometimes you have an artist that's really fairly self-sufficient; they just need another ear to offer some objective criticism, but otherwise pretty much know what they're doing. It varies a lot.” KnowsNeedsSelfSometimesJobsArtistStuffProcessRecordsMaterialsOffersCriticismEarsObjectivesSufficientFillingVarySelf SufficientHectorFilling In Author:Todd Rundgren
“What to paint was a problem for the war artist... the old heroics, the death and glory stuff, were gone forever... the impressionistic technique I had developed was now ineffective, for visual impressions were not enough.” WarEnoughProblemArtistStuffGoneForeverGloryPaintTechniqueImpressionVisualsImpressionism Author:A. Y. Jackson
“Once you establish a foundation of knowing what the greatest recording artists of all time were Wouldn't you want your kids to know this stuff?” KnowsWantKidsArtistStuffKnowingFoundationAll Time Author:Robbie Robertson
“There's a moment of recognition. It's that white-light kind of stuff that just "works." I love that. And you know it when it happens, whether it's a movie, music, a building, a book.” KnowsKindBookMomentsLightHappensArtistStuffWhiteBuildingRecognitionWhite Light Author:Barbara Kruger
“I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made. The main point is that it got produced.” WantMadeArtistStuffCrap Author:Bill Sienkiewicz
“That became a big time in comic books because it's when people were starting to break out into independent stuff, the market was getting choked with speculators and everybody was trying to do their own trick covers.” PeopleTryingBookBigsArtistStuffBreakIndependentStartingTricksComicComic BookBreak OutSpeculators Author:Todd McFarlane
“And their pals vote for their stuff when they're not on the panel, and it just keeps going that way. And they tend to be very fringe artists, so anything before the 20th century is not worth considering. This is out of date.” WayArtistStuffCenturyVoteKeep GoingConsidering20th CenturyFringePals Author:Charlton Heston
“A lot of people aren't familiar with me, but it's not my job to make people familiar with me. There's millions of artists out there. I'm just gonna do what I wanna do, and if people feel the stuff that I'm doing, then great.” PeopleIfsFeelsJobsArtistStuffMillionsFamiliar Author:Riff Raff
“Peter Cooper looks at the world with an artist's eye and a human heart and soul. His songs are the work of an original, creative imagination, alive with humor and heartbreak and irony and intelligence, with truth and beauty in the details. Deep stuff. And they get better every time you listen to them.” WorldHumansLooksHeartSoulEyeArtistSongStuffImaginationCreativeAliveOriginalsDetailsIronyGet BetterPeterHuman HeartHeart And SoulCreative ImaginationTruth And Beauty Author:Kris Kristofferson
“I've got such great people around me. They don't really care if they make me angry. A lot of teams, they're afraid to make the artist angry, because they don't want to get fired and all that stuff. My team's pretty good about letting me know when to get in line.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantCareArtistStuffLinesTeamAngryGreat PeopleMake Me Angry Author:Justin Bieber
“I'm not into screamo music, but I respect it. It's hard to do, to keep your voice and stuff like that. It's hard to do, so I respect the music. It's just not my favorite to listen to. That's all I want. I just want people to respect me as an artist.” PeopleWantHardArtistStuffVoiceMy FavoriteRespect Me Author:Justin Bieber
“When a young artist asks me a question, I want to do what I can to give them an answer if I have it within me. I know what I know. I won't make up stuff. But if it's something I've been through, I'll share my experiences and tell them the truth.” IfsKnowsWantGivingI CanYoungArtistAsksStuffAnswersShareAsk MeYoung Artists Author:Michael Tait
“All writers, musicians, artists, choreographers/dancers, etc., work with the stuff of their experiences. It's the translation of it, the conversion of it, the shaping of it that makes for the drama.” ArtistStuffMusicDramaMusicianDanceConversionDancerEtcTranslationsChoreographers Author:Toni Cade Bambara
“I feel my job as an artist is to drive people to country radio. That's my job as a country artist. So these streaming places, especially these on-demand streaming places, where you can just push a button and hear it as many times as you want, like YouTube, any of that stuff, that's taking all the ears away from country radio.” PeopleWantFeelsCountryJobsArtistStuffLike YouDemandEarsRadioButtonsYoutubeStreamingCountry Artist Author:Garth Brooks
“I understand that music is a business, but for people who have control of their stuff, like little Taylor and other artists, I think you'll find them standing up for their music every chance they get.” PeopleThinkingLittlesArtistStuffChanceMusic IsStanding Author:Garth Brooks