Artist Quotes

I don’t want to limit myself as an artist and only do a certain sound.

An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist.

It makes me sad when I see artists who come alive when they go onstage, because, gee, I really come alive when I’m home.

Here in England, everyone’s a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist.

Thought that can merge wholly into feeling, feeling that can merge wholly into thought – these are the artist’s highest joy.

An artist paints to forget while a poet writes to remember.

I believe that there is no doubts about who I am, an artist who loves music, above everything.

Different people have different ways of doing things. For me, becoming a songwriter first and falling in love with the Nashville songwriting community and the process of songs and getting better and putting more in what I wanted to say, was absolutely vital in me even wanting to be an artist.

All artists are crazy.