“I barely knew I wanted to be an artist. I liked my art classes and painting was fun, I guess, but I didn't realize that seeing the country was going to inspire me to further explore that... but that's what it did.” ArtCountryWantedArtistFunRealizingClassSeeingInspirePaintingArt Class Author:Edward Ruscha
“The artists in country music who stopped having hits are the ones who were led into something that wasn't them.” CountryArtist Author:Conway Twitty
“We should not have a tin cup out for something as important as the arts in this country, the richest in the world. Creative artists are always begging, but always being used when it's time to show us at our best.” WorldShouldArtImportantCountryShowsUsedArtistCreativeSingersCupsAfrican AmericanUsaBeggingTinCreative ArtCreative ArtistsOpera SingersTin Cup Author:Leontyne Price
“All true artists in the world from all countries and all genres are influenced by Michael Jackson. There were music videos before Michael Jackson, and there were music videos after Michael Jackson. He brought such a huge change in the marketing and positioning of the music video.” WorldCountryArtistHugeMarketingVideoGenreTrue ArtistsHuge Changes Author:Sonu Nigam
“Most artists come in and out of the country, they stay may be 2 weeks - or a month max and then they leave.” MayCountryArtistWeekMonthsMax Author:Edwin Starr
“I'm no expert in what country artists go through or how country audiences would react, but I'll say that the work I did to put myself in Will Lexington's shoes absolutely led me to believe that it would ruin his career. Meanwhile, I was getting lots of supportive messages saying, "Will Lexington should just come out! It's 2015 already, audiences are going to embrace it!"” ShouldBelieveCountryArtistCareersAudienceMessagesEmbraceShoesRuinsExpertsSupportiveLexingtonCountry Artist Author:Chris Carmack
“The obedient in art are always the forgotten . . . The country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for a real live artist to splash them onto canvas . . . Chop your own path. Get off the car track.” ArtRealCountryArtistWaitingPathCarForgottenTrackGloriousCanvasObedient Author:A. Y. Jackson
“There is my love... of the young artists of my country who can carry on the dreams and ideals into the future.” CountryDreamYoungArtistFutureIdealsYoung Artists Author:Joseph Plaskett
“Every artist's strictly illimitable country is himself. An artist who plays that country false has committed suicide; and even a good lawyer cannot kill the dead. But a human being who's true to himself - whoever himself may be - is immortal; and all the atomic bombs of all the antiartists in spacetime will never civilize immortality.” HumansMayCountryPlayArtistHuman BeingsSuicideCommittedLawyerImmortalityBombsImmortalAtomic BombGood LawyerSpacetime Author:e. e. cummings
“Flaubert spoke true: to succeed a great artist must have both character and fanaticism and few in this country are willing to pay the price. Our writers have either no personality and therefore no style or a false personality and therefore a bad style; they mistake prejudice for energy and accept the sensation of material well-being as a system of thought.” WellsCountryCharacterArtistEnergyPayMistakeAcceptingStyleWillingMaterialsPersonalitySucceedPrejudiceWell BeingSpokesSensationsGreat ArtFanaticismGreat ArtistPay The Price Author:Cyril Connolly
“Germany is a country that has absolutely had to since the Second World War ask itself massive moral questions. And it's reforged its identity based on culture. I mean, the amount of artists living and working in Berlin is unparalleled. It's one of the strongest economies, not only in Europe, but globally, and it's because of its understanding of the importance of culture.” WorldMeanWarCountryArtistCultureAsksUnderstandingMoralEconomyIdentityAmountEuropeImportanceWar Of The WorldsGermanyMassiveStrongestBerlinSecond World War Author:Cate Blanchett
“I think we typically, as Northerners, stereotype what the South is in so many negative ways. We kind of forget all the beautiful things that they contribute to make this country a country.” ThinkingWayKindCountryBeautifulArtistForgetNegativeSouthBeautiful ThingsStereotypeNorthernersNegative Stereotypes Author:Genevieve Gorder
“Country music fans are extremely passionate and loyal. It seems that country artists have longer-lasting careers because the fans stick with the artists through thick and thin.” CountrySeemsArtistCareersFansSticksPassionateLastingThickLoyalMusic FansThick And ThinCountry ArtistThrough Thick And ThinCountry Music Fans Author:Miranda Lambert