“Constant contact is what people require these days. Its tough on artists.” PeopleArtistToughConstantContactThese Days Author:Emily Robison
“Rachael Sage is a marvelous young artist- and I am a fan!! 'Haunted by You' has a beauty that shines through her lyrics and melodies-- poignant, tender and tough. These are stories from the heart that will lift you up and carry you to places you had never dreamed.” HeartStoriesYoungArtistFansToughShiningLiftsMelodyMarvelousSagePoignantYoung ArtistsLift You Up Author:Judy Collins
“If one artist sells five million albums, the tendency is for other artists to say, 'Maybe I should do a little of that, too.' That can be tough to resist.” IfsShouldLittlesArtistMillionsFiveToughSellsAlbumsTendencies Author:Joe Nichols
“Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.” ArtistForgetFashionToughDesignerMakersMoney Maker Author:Carine Roitfeld
“Technology has taken its toll on albums in a tough way. The CD format and MTV really played havoc on artists.” WayArtistTechnologyTakenToughAlbumsCdsFormatTollsMtvHavoc Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“Times are tough in the music industry, and now more than ever we need people like the team at Paste looking out for artists on the fringe of the mainstream.” PeopleArtistTeamToughFringeMusic Industry Author:Cary Brothers
“The real tough thing is working with actors. I'm a designer and used to working with artists, so there is some familiarity with the personalities that come up, but actors are their own animal.” RealUsedArtistActorsAnimalPersonalityToughCome UpDesignerFamiliarityTough Things Author:Rick Heinrichs
“As artists and traders in medieval cities began to form organizations, they instituted tough initiation ceremonies. Journeymen in Bergen, Norway, were shoved down a chimney, thrown three times into the sea, and soundly whipped. Such rites made belonging to the guild or corporation more precious to those who were accepted, and survived.” MadeFormArtistThreeCitiesSeaToughOrganizationAcceptedCorporationsThrownBelongingSurvivedThree TimesCeremonyMedievalRiteTradersInitiationChimneysNorwayGuilds Author:Isaac Asimov
“I know it is crazy, every time I release something now people say I am becoming more rough and tough. I guess my direction has been changing, I think this new album is a better reflection of who I am as an artist and as a person, I have changed a lot since the Boyzone days.” PeopleThinkingKnowsPersonsHas BeensArtistCrazyChangedBecomingOne DayReflectionToughAlbumsWho I AmReleaseRoughBecoming MoreI Have Changed Author:Ronan Keating
“It's difficult not to color our perception of author's product with his personality. There are so many examples of this. What do we think of Ezra Pound - clearly a great poet and clearly kind of an asshole? You can say the same thing about Louis-Ferdinand Céline, who clearly was a Nazi sympathizer, and yet one of the great writers of the 20th century. It is tough, but there are enough examples around where we have to somehow find a way of separating the work from the artist and seeing what there is to see in the work, while also condemning the thoughts we see in the man.” ThinkingMenKindEnoughArtistDifficultHe ManPoetPersonalityPerceptionToughNazi20th CenturyGreat WritersGreat Poet Author:Salman Rushdie
“I think, ultimately, the problem with something like this is that you actually have so many more opportunities to say something than you actually have things worth saying. And then, as an artist who doesn't want to do bad work, gosh, how do you fill up all that space when you really don't have anything actually worthwhile to say? And that's what makes the job tough, because the fans get mad - "That's not funny," or "You've been sucking for several months now." And you go, "It's not my fault! I'm trying."” ThinkingTryingProblemArtistOpportunityToughMad Author:Aaron McGruder
“Doing new stuff live is tough just simply because I pay my money, I stand in my seats, and I see the guys I love. And if I paid that ticket, there's a good chance that I'm there to hear the stuff that made me fall in love with 'em - we call it the "old stuff." And if an artist comes in town and dumps his entire new album on me, as a listener in a concert venue, it happens to miss out on the old stuff that I came there for. That doesn't work too well for me as a listener. Most of the time for concerts, it's the old stuff.” ArtistGuyFallChanceMissingToughFalling In Love Author:Garth Brooks
“We artists love to talk tough, but we're just as sentimental as everyone else when it comes down to it.” ArtistToughSentimentalArtist Love Author:John Banville