Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mystikal

In New Orleans, bounce music was prevalent. That was all they wanted to hear. It was new and trendy, and it was hot, and it was taking off. Artists were coming out of everywhere. They did some great songs, some really catchy, fun songs. That was just the feel of New Orleans music.

In my mind, the artist was making fun of Colorado. He's saying, 'You guys couldn't do it, but we can.' Some say the character in the poster is what an Austrian countryman looks like, but no one's going to convince me it's not making fun of Colorado.

In my opinion, there is no better young singer making records today. In the hands of an artist like Joe Nichols, a really good country song becomes a great country record.

In 2008, A.J. Schnack recruited Thom Powers to start the Cinema Eye Honors to recognize the artistry and craft that go into making documentary films.

Carlisle Floyd

The artist is something of an outsider in America. I have always felt that America does not value its artists, certainly not in the sense that the Europeans do.

Carlisle Floyd

America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.

Butch Vig

Compression is a necessary evil. The artists I know want to sound competitive. You don't want your track to sound quieter or wimpier by comparison. We've raised the bar and you can't really step back.

Bruno Mars

Every artist should want to be like Michael Jackson

Bruno Mars

I love artists like Prince, who hold on to that element of mystery.

James Hetfield

As far as artists and musicians, they don't retire. They might tour less.

Jared Leto

I'm terminally dissatisfied. That's probably part of being an artist.

Jared Leto

I've always been interested in leaders and rule breakers and artists and politicians

Janet Flanner

She died with a knife in her hand in her kitchen, where she had cooked for fifty years, and the death was solemnly listed in the newspaper as that of an artist.

Janelle Monae

First, before I'm an artist, before I'm a celebrity, I'm a human being.

Janelle Monae

I'm not a politician; I'm an artist.

Janet Fitch

I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to.

Janet Fitch

As an artist, you can never get what you want. What you do never approaches what you want it to be.

Jane Badler

I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground.

Ernest Becker

We might say that both the artist and theneurotic bite off more than they can chew, but the artist spews it back out again and chews it over in an objectified way, as an ex­ternal, active, work project...

Carmen Ejogo

You have to be willing to be afraid if you're going to be an artist.

Carly Simon

So many artists who came out during that time, including myself, were able to get on radio. New forms of singer-songwriters developed out of that.

Kip Moore

I think I've lived a pretty hard life. What I mean by hard is that... I've been kind of reckless with things. I'm a passionate person. I'm a super passionate person. I think there's definitely been sorrow in my life, good and bad. I think it comes through. I hope it comes through in my writing because to me that's what artistry is.

Kim Ki-duk

An artist's creative energy is ephemeral as a flower. It blooms and soon dies. No artist is great forever. Personally, I think I reached my peak in 2004 when I shot 'Samaria' and '3-Iron'.

Thanks to the competence, love of God, our country's security and stability, endowed wealth, integrated infrastructure and quality services, the U.A.E. turned into the world's renowned destination for tourism, investment and business management: the interface of choice for hosting major cultural events, artistic and sports, in the world.

Evan Rachel Wood

It was really cool to get to know her as a person and artist. And getting to act with her after a year of knowing her and be like, "Oh my god! There's a whole 'nother thing here!" It was really cool to be her friend and then see Ellen Page on the set.

Jeremy Sisto

In your twenties, if you have any amount of complexity in your childhood, or any trauma that you haven't dealt with, it comes out. That's why you have a lot of artists that don't make it through.

Jenny Holzer

I seldom have my stuff up unless I'm testing it. If I'm worrying about a painting, I put it up and see if I detest it quickly or slowly. Otherwise I have things by other artists.

Jenny Holzer

On the worst days, I don't feel like an artist.

Jenny Holzer

If you are an artist and you are honest, you are never good enough.

Jenny Holzer

I wasn't sure I was an artist, so I thought maybe I just was throwing ideas out for people to consider.

Glen Mazzara

People tweet me all the time and tell me how much they love it, how they can't wait for the show to come back on, that they're addicted to the show. So that's really rewarding. As an artist, we're all looking for that connection to an audience and when you find people as diehard as our fans are - it's sort of like finding the holy grail.

Gilberto Gil

Like most artists and musicians, I considered myself detached from the political life...but I had an insight that maybe we would have a political contribution to make in the future.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic.