I know what labels and artists need, along with the…

I know there are some labels that put out music for art's sake, but I don't know which ones.

— Anonymous

I want to be in control of how my music is released and how I create it. What people don't talk about when they…

— Verite

The people who are competing business-wise out there want what other successful labels and artists have. I don't want what they have; I want…

— Joe Nichols

Street artists need to get back to actually doing things on the streets instead of in the galleries where they all seem to be…

— Barry McGee

Artists need to express.

— Bebe Neuwirth

You have gigantic companies feeding off musicians and artists because the artists need the exposure.

— Jimmy Iovine

I think functioning as a business manager can be a hindrance to having a real dialogue with the artist. I do think that artists…

— Larry Gagosian

Obviously, artists need to make money and stuff like that, but if you do something good or if you make good art or make…

— Kevin Parker

These days there are painters that go inside a factory in order to be inspired by the noise of machines, so that it affects…

— Guity Novin

In order to thrive as artists we need to be available to the universal flow. When we put a stopper on our capacity for…

— Julia Cameron

There's something odd about telling people, artists, that they need to work for free to be pure while you're sitting there getting a salary…

— Astra Taylor

Artists need to fill themselves to overflowing and give it all back.

— E. B. Lewis

“No art takes places without inspiration. Every artist also needs effective knowledge of his or her tools (e.g., does a certain brush function well…

— Anonymous

As artists we need to stop making work only for gallery or museum walls, or the coffee tables of collectors.

— Zoe Buckman

In order to be artists we need to be in our studios, in our private rooms... in our private personal space... that sacred protected…

— Adam Leipzig