“Oh God, it's such a big world right now for artists. There are as many possibilities as you can have time for, getting your music out there with the internet, and Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook, and everything that you have, there is a way to spread the word. To me, the first thing you have to have is substance and content and real depth.” WorldWayFirstsRealBigsArtistPossibilityInternetRight NowDepthSpreadSubstanceYoutube Author:Amy Ray
“I'm just basically trying to make music that feels good. Right now in the music industry there's a real lack of intimacy. You don't really connect with the artist as much anymore, and you don't really understand where they are. I'm basically doing music that illustrates who I am and where I am in my life.” FeelsTryingRealArtistIndustryRight NowWho I AmFeel GoodIntimacyMusic Industry Author:Tristan Wilds
“I admire the abstract expressionists and pop artists so right now I'm referencing American '60s art and at the same time referencing Japanese manga culture.” ArtArtistCultureRight NowPopsAdmireAbstractPop ArtReferencing Author:Christian Marclay
“Rather than set aside daily time for prayer, I pray constantly and spontaneously about everything I encounter on a daily basis. When someone shares something with me, I'll often simply say, 'Let's pray about this right now.” ArtistPrayerSharePrayingRight NowBasesEncountersI Pray Author:Thomas Kinkade
“So many artists today will talk about green this or organic that, but you know what? What we are eating, I think, is really doing a lot of bad to us. I'm not sure if I'm the guy to do it right now, because I have to clean up my house too, so to speak, but we've got to start addressing this. Too many people are getting sick today.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTodayArtistGuyHouseSpeakRight NowEatingSickGreenCleanNot Sure Author:Tom DeLonge
“I think artists should be able to do different things whenever they want and I like the way I am. I'm like - I ain't gonna say the only street rapper, but the only mainstream, new, young street rapper there is right now and I'm doing well with it.” ThinkingWayWantShouldWellsDifferentAbleYoungArtistStreetsRight NowDifferent ThingsRapperMainstream Author:Meek Mill
“Any artist can't get away from the way the world works, which is that it wants to know what you did, and you're only interested in what you're doing right now.” KnowsWorldWayWantArtistRight NowGet AwayDoing Right Author:Frank Stella
“I'm the No. 1 artist in the world right now ... I am the No. 1 human being in music.” WorldHumansArtistHuman BeingsRight Now Author:Kanye West
“The entertainment industry, the advertising industry have taken [the] tools from the art world and made themselves much more politically potent. We are really devastated and very impotent right now. A photographer just working for an advertising company has a platform to be much more politically effective in the world than an artist.” WorldArtMadeArtistCompanyTakenIndustryRight NowToolsPhotographerEntertainmentAdvertisingPlatformsArt WorldDevastatedEntertainment IndustryAdvertising Industry Author:Jeff Koons
“Hip hop is just a reflection of what's going on, or where the art is....Technology definitely gives artists a new mind, new voice and creativity. Right now people need to be more places at once....so whatever can get people to the next level to be efficient is how technology is going to be used......The danger is if people are relying too much on the machines, that new mind and new voice always has to come from within.” PeopleIfsNeedsGivingMindArtUsedArtistNextVoiceLevelsCreativityTechnologyToo MuchDangerRight NowReflectionArt IsMachinesHip HopHipsHopsEfficientNext Level Author:Del tha Funkee Homosapien
“I tend to listen to the artists that originally inspired me to start playing music in the first place, because there is a multitude of wisdom that can be gained by bands like Black Sabbath, Depeche Mode, Pink Floyd and the Cure. I think if we were to pay close attention to what's on the radio right now then we'd lose our identity entirely.” IfsThinkingFirstsArtistBlackLosesPayAttentionIdentityRight NowBandInspiredRadioCuresMultitudesPlaying MusicSabbathBlack SabbathDepeche Mode Author:Jason C. Miller
“I don't know if there is an existing model that anyone can hold on to right now. Every [piece of] advice about how to go about in the record business you would get 5 years ago is no longer valid. Everything is changing very rapidly and there is an increased sense of anger and despair among artists that are not major-selling megastars.” IfsKnowsYearsArtistRecordsPiecesAdviceRight NowDespairMajorsModelsYears AgoSelling Author:Olof Arnalds
“I feel like the downfall of any person is the second an artist starts celebrating their work themselves, that becomes problematic. And you know, I don't sit there, I don't bask in the awards I've won, you know, read my bank statements, I refuse. To me, that's how you start losing the hunger. So for me personally, I just don't celebrate it. I'm happy, right now.” KnowsFeelsPersonsArtistRight NowLosingHungerRefuseStatementsCelebrateAwardsDownfall Author:Questlove
“With the way music is going right now, it's difficult for an r&b singer to make real music. If it's not with a trap beat and you're not mumbling, no disrespect to all of the great artists out there doing what they're doing, I'm not hating, I'm just saying it's difficult for r&b singers right now to make quality music.” IfsWayRealArtistHateDifficultQualityRight NowMusic IsBeatsSingersTrapsGreat ArtDisrespectGreat ArtistJust SayingReal MusicQuality Music Author:Tony Sunshine
“What I want to do right now is give hip hop back to the hood. Before it was a neighborhood thing where it belonged to the hood and the rappers were reporting and there were rules and parameters. Now it seems like the artist's game.” WantGivingSeemsArtistGamesRight NowHip HopHipsHopsNeighborhoodRapperHoodParameters Author:Rakim
“What happens to a lot of artists in the music industry right now is the following: The music industry is plummeting real fast. So as the industry plummets, what happens is that there is no deals being made.” MadeRealHappensArtistDealsIndustryRight NowFollowingMusic Industry Author:RZA
“If you come across an American artist right now who has no political opinions or is afraid of talking politics, be very concerned.” IfsPoliticalArtistTalkingOpinionRight NowConcernedPolitical OpinionsTalking Politics Author:Amanda Palmer
“The paralysis that we have right now when we think about migration is partly because we can't imagine what the world would look like in the future. So I think it's important for writers and artists to try to imagine that.” ThinkingWorldTryingLooksImportantArtistImagineRight NowImagine ThatMigrationParalysis Author:Mohsin Hamid