“There are two ways. One is to be a puppet, follow the culture, and do whatever they want. That was mentally disturbing to me, and still is. And the other way is to go out. I knew there would be problems from my family, and also from my environment. But I thought that physical pain would be better than the mental pain. And I started working as an artist.” WayWantStillsTwoProblemWould BePainArtistCultureEnvironmentMy FamilyDisturbingTwo WaysPuppetsPhysical PainMental Pain Author:Malina Suliman
“I have been involved in music since 1972 when I started managing two artists from The Jimi Hendrix Band. My family has been involved in music for years, so it's kind of in my blood. I just wish I could sing!” YearsKindHas BeensTwoArtistWishBloodInvolvedBandMy FamilyHendrix Author:Earl Monroe
“My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous jobs. He wanted to be a painter, but then he also wrote science-fiction novels in his spare time. He was always so frustrated having to work to support the family that I was like, I'm never going to do that. I don't want to just be working a menial job to support my family and dreaming of being an artist. We learn from our fathers in that way.” WayWantHardDreamWantedJobsArtistFatherFictionSupportNovelDadMy FamilyScience FictionMy DadRidiculousBunchPainterFrustratedSparesOur FatherBeing An ArtistSpare TimeFiction Novels Author:Rainn Wilson
“I was born in Suzhou, a city not very far from Shanghai. It's a very interesting town - there is a long artist's tradition there, especially during the Ming and Ching dynasties, which produced many, many scholars and painters and so forth. That's where my family lived for 600, 700 years.” YearsLongArtistBornInterestingCitiesTraditionMy FamilyTownsPainterScholarVery InterestingDynastyShanghai Author:I. M. Pei
“It's wonderful to make a lot of money, to be able to take care of my family, to have the facilities I have and really support the people the studio's involved with. But at the end of the day I'm quite simple as an artist-it's really about the power of art.” PeopleArtEndsCareAbleArtistSimpleSupportWonderfulInvolvedMy FamilyStudiosTake CareThe End Of The DayLots Of MoneyFacility Author:Jeff Koons
“I consider being a performer work. I come from a theater family; I've been an actor all my life. I started acting when I was a kid, and I've earned a living as an artist all my life. It's my job in the sense that it's everything I am, the only thing I know how to do. I literally do not have qualifications to do anything else on this planet. Seriously, it's scary. [But] I don't consider it a job [because] it's my religion - it's my faith, it's my family, it's everything to me.” KnowsKidsJobsArtistActorsActingKnow HowPlanetsMy FamilyTheaterScaryPerformersQualificationsTheater Family Author:Torquil Campbell
“The hardest part about what I do, the most vulnerable place is my relationship with my family and Sara, my amazing partner, because I'm leaving a lot. And as a touring artist, I'm constantly coming and going, but also when I'm at home, my studio's at home. I'm leaving to go into a music world in my head.” WorldHomeArtistMy FamilyLeavingStudiosPartnersHardestVulnerableTouring Author:Michael Franti
“I did a film [about a con-artist mom and son] called Bringing Up Bobby that Famke Janssen wrote and directed. No one's gonna hire me for their [big-budget] romantic comedy, so it's up to me to look out for great indie comedies and show people a different side of myself - even if it's for three people outside of my family.” PeopleIfsLooksDifferentShowsBigsFilmArtistThreeSidesComedySonMomMy FamilyBudgetsDifferent SidesCon Artist Author:Milla Jovovich
“My dad was a doctor who worked at a jail. He was more like a jail administrator. My mom was a public school teacher. There's no artists in my family whatsoever. So I don't know how that got in my gene pool, but it did.” KnowsSchoolArtistKnow HowTeacherMomDadMy FamilyDoctorsMy DadMy MomJailPoolGenesPublic SchoolDoctor WhoSchool TeachersAdministrators Author:Dan Amboyer
“I'm just a fan of all music. My family owned a record shop so I grew up taking it all in on a daily basis. I'm not a person that needs to listen to just five good artists at one point. I love whatever is dope. We all can feel what's great.” NeedsFeelsPersonsArtistRecordsFiveFansGrewGrew UpMy FamilyBasesShopsDopeGood ArtGood Artist Author:Ab-Soul
“It's a good feeling to be at a place where you know who you are as an artist. I didn't know back then, I just wanted to give my family a better life and myself. I wanted to sing, but I didn't know as an artist who I wanted to be and because of all those experiences, it helped shape me into who I am and what I've now realized and what it is that brings me happiness which is when I pick up the guitar and do records.” KnowsGivingFeelingsWantedArtistRecordsShapesPicksMy FamilyWho You AreGuitarWho I AmBetter LifeGood Feeling Author:Tiffany Villarreal
“I am extremely happy. It's just an amazing feeling to be in this space at this stage of my life after all that I've gone through and still be able to make the music that is garnishing this powerful momentum in the game right now and you know, get the excitement of my record company and my family and my kids, coming home from school, talking about how their friends declare me the unanimously as the hottest artist in the game right now. All of that is the rewarding feeling you can't put a price tag on.” FeelingsHomeKidsSchoolArtistPowerfulMy FamilyExcitementComing HomeHottest Author:Busta Rhymes
“I'm incredibly close to my family. I have two younger brothers, they're both artists and actors; and their work and the way they see the world inspires me. We've been making films together since we were kids, in our backyard.” WorldKidsTogetherFilmArtistInspireBrotherMy FamilyYounger Brother Author:Tatiana Maslany
“My family's lineage is five generations of artists who never made it.” MadeArtistFiveGenerationsMy FamilyMade ItLineage Author:Shia LaBeouf