Artist Quotes

At the end of the day, I don’t know what makes any artist say what he says. Everyone has a reason for whatever it is they do.

I want to sell out arenas and make an album and work with some of the best artists in the world.

You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.

There’s an inherent message in my work relating to recycling and the nature of value, but my artistic inspiration is fired by the qualities within the raw materials.

It feels like I’m starting to come into my own in terms of where I want to go artistically, toward more complicated, interesting characters.

One thing that I do want to say is Drake, as an artist, anybody has to respect him. He’s in the game, and he’s been in the game – he has longevity, even if he doesn’t write or writes his music.

An artist could have a really big relationship, and then they break up, and any song after that, people are automatically going to assume that that song is about that person.

Artists are the monks of the bourgeois state.

What people don’t understand is that how you are as an artist depends on how you are emotionally.

It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.