In Europe, being an artist is a form of behavior. In America, it's an excuse for a form of behavior.
I want to be the kind of artist who keeps pushing on every album. I don't want to settle on a sound.
The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus.
I think you owe it to yourself and you owe it to your status as an artist to be true to who you are.
All great artists know that part of their task is to light up the distance between two human beings.
We all name ourselves. We call ourselves artists. Nobody asks us. Nobody says you are or you aren't.
When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously.
There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.
A lot of my friends are musicians or artists, and their talent always pushes me to think creatively.
When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.
An artist is like a woman who can do nothing but love, and who succumbs to every stray male jackass.
Unauthorized use of these MP3 files is really creating a problem for artists in the music community.
The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.
There's such a freedom about being an artist... You're not accountable - you're this renegade thing.
The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life.
One can easily tell that the creator of the paintings in the Sistine Chapel was above all a sculptor
The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.
I was thinking that people have to believe you're crazy in order to take you seriously as an artist.
Failure is the most important part of an artist's training, and one you cannot afford to do without.
I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.
Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.
Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering.