“There's a lot of artists whose contracts are written in such a way that they do not get paid for what's happening on streaming services.” WayArtistWrittenHappeningsPaidContractsStreaming Author:Sean Parker
“I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing.” ArtistPayRecordsPaidContractsUnusualRoyalty Author:Jo Stafford
“As soon as I got into music, I tried to be a working, real artist who gets paid for what he does, who doesn't have a day job.” DoeRealJobsArtistPaidDay JobsReal Artists Author:Black Francis
“Art is only worth what people will pay for it. Artists do not get paid by the hour.” PeopleArtArtistHoursPayArt IsPaid Author:Jack White
“I had no idea what to expect moving to New York. It's embarrassing to say, but I didn't even realize that people bought contemporary art... that people actually paid for it... I know that's really dumb. I was really naive. I had no idea artists made money.” PeopleKnowsArtMadeIdeasMovingArtistRealizingMoneyNew YorkPaidContemporaryDumbNo IdeaEmbarrassingNaiveContemporary ArtReally Dumb Author:Wade Guyton
“Think it's so unfair when people think that you're not a "real artist" unless you're getting paid for it....I personally know so many poets that work a 9 to 5 in a cubicle and come home and write poetry. Their poetry is just as powerful and moving as anything that I've ever written, if not more.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWritingRealHomeMovingArtistPowerfulWrittenPoetPaidPoetry IsComing HomeUnfairReal ArtistsCubicles Author:Sarah Kay
“If the studios paid the artists, how would they ever be able to afford the executives?” IfsAbleArtistPaidStudiosExecutives Author:Eric Idle
“There are any number of models artists can use to profit off of their talent and artistry. It is not up to the state to protect them from competition. Musicians can obviously get paid for performing and having their music copied and "pirated" helps them in this respect by making them more well known, more popular.” WellsStatesHelpingUseArtistNumbersKnownTalentProtectMusicianModelsPaidCompetitionProfitPerformingWell KnownArtistry Author:Stephan Kinsella
“Artists are just entrepreneurs. It's up to them to figure out how or if they can make a monetary profit from their passion − from their calling, as I discussed above. Sometimes they can. Musicians can sell music, even in the face of piracy. Or they can sell their services − concerts, etc. Painters and other artists can profit in similar ways. A novelist could use kickstarter for a sequel or get paid to consult on a movie version.” IfsWaySometimesUseFacesArtistPassionFiguresCallingMusicianPaidSellsEntrepreneurProfitVersionsPainterNovelistsEtcConcertsMonetarySequelsPiracyKickstarter Author:Stephan Kinsella
“I do think I paid a price as an artist, and I am trying to make up for it now - I work six days a week in the studio, and I've never been happier.” ThinkingTryingArtistWeekSixPaidStudios Author:Michael Craig-Martin
“When new artists come out and they're not being cosigned or some company doesn't have a stake in it, or someone's not getting paid under the table to produce the whole record or bring it to video, the artist really suffers.” WholeArtistSufferingCompanyRecordsProducePaidTablesVideoStakesNew Artists Author:Pharoahe Monch
“I don't think you have to earn your income as an artist to be an artist. But if you are an artist, then art is what you do, whether or not you're paid for doing it; it is what you do, not what you are. I regard artist not as a description of temperament but as a category of profession, of vocation.” IfsThinkingArtArtistArt IsPaidRegardProfessionIncomeDescriptionCategoriesVocationTemperament Author:Tony Kushner
“A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid. A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom. Anarchy is not what I advance here. Instead, the free culture that I defend in this book is a balance between anarchy and control.” BookArtistCultureBalancePaidPropertyCreatorAnarchy Book:Free Culture Source: Free Culture
“It is not the being paid money in advance that jars the sensitive artist: it is the having to work.” ArtistPaidSensitiveJars Author:P. G. Wodehouse
“The one thing I've learned in the last ten years is that successful artists don't get paid to write and sing songs, they get paid for the psychological roller coaster they're going to have to ride. That's the hard work.” WritingYearsHardLastsArtistSongSuccessfulOne ThingHard WorkTenPaidPsychologicalI've LearnedRoller CoasterCoastersThings I've LearnedSuccessful Artists Author:Enrique Iglesias
“You can choose not to be a performing musician. You can choose to just be a recording artist. But then you run into the problem of trying to earn a living and balancing the time that you spend working on your creative efforts to just getting the bills paid. You can go off the grid and live in a cabin and make whatever art you want and also provide all the sustenance you need and not interact with anybody else.” WantNeedsTryingArtProblemRunningArtistEffortCreativeMusicianPaidBillsPerformingSustenanceCabinsGrids Author:Mirah
“There's something odd about telling people, artists, that they need to work for free to be pure while you're sitting there getting a salary that ultimately is paid by a generation of young people going deeply into debt for their education.” PeopleNeedsYoungArtistGenerationsPureSittingPaidDebtOddSalary Author:Astra Taylor
“A lot of people considered my career as an artist largely over. Two albums got shelved. But I've made music since I was a little kid, and for the majority of that time, I wasn't paid for it. So I will always be making it.” PeopleLittlesMadeTwoKidsArtistCareersPaidMajorityAlbumsLittle Kid Author:Mike Posner
“The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't support yourself as an 'artist' - I hate that word. The only way you could be 'arty' was as a fashion photographer, because it still had a certain amount of integrity involved.” WayStillsReasonArtistCertainHateSupportCreativeFashionAmountInvolvedIntegrityI HatePaidPhotographer Author:David Bailey
“I am more likely to get paid for my art if it's presented alongside a white artist, so the questions around value and agency arise: What choices should I make, or do I have to make, if I want to be compensated for my work? Why isn't my art valued on its own?” IfsWantShouldArtArtistValuesChoicesWhitePaidAriseAgencyShould I Author:Vivek Shraya
“Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfortable in my own skin.” FeelsYearsPersonsArtistIndividualMy OwnCreativeTakenComfortableSkinsPaidDuesDrivenCuriousSoloCreative Person Author:Annie Lennox
“Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.” PeopleInspirationalYearsArtistFashionPaidLife ChangingTake Time Author:Vera Wang
“Every time we buy a CD or download a song, the artist is paid for their work. You might not know that this isn't the case when a musician's work is played on the radio.” KnowsMightArtistSongCasesMusicianPaidRadioCdsDownloads Author:Dionne Warwick
“An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.” ArtArtistVisionCreativityCreativeDesignGardenLaborPaidPainterPositive ThoughtsTattooFine ArtsBeing An ArtistFamous ArtistCreative ArtistsArt And ArtistsArt And CreativityInspirational ArtistInspiration And CreativityArtists And CreativityInspirational ArtGreat VisionGraphic ArtistCreative VisionDesign And ArtInspiring ArtArt DesignInspiring ArtistArt InspirationPassion For Art Author:James Whistler
“In my experience, what every true artist wants, really wants, is to be paid.” WantArtistPaidVery TrueTrue Artists Author:Terry Pratchett
“This is business: they don't care about your lyrics; The better you sell, the better future for their children. Controversy sells, so they support conflict, Makes more progress, means more profit. An artist gets killed, they say they're 'so sorry,' Meanwhile, they tell you the date of his next project. What a life...death made them more profit: Record companies get paid for your drama.” MeanChildrenMadeCareArtistNextCompanySupportRecordsProgressDramaConflictProjectsPaidSellsSorryProfitHip HopDon't CareRapControversyLife DeathRecord CompaniesBetter Future Author:Cormega