I look at other artists who have had fabulous first…

Sometimes people's careers take off on their first albums, sometimes they don't.

— Peter Asher

I don't sing songs on albums that I don't like.

— Anne Murray

When looking for new talent, I always look for artists who have something unique about them or are clearly on a mission.

— Erick Morillo

“Unless we are very young or lifelong fools, we do not look to artists --- or their biographers --- for our role models. Their…

— Jesse Kornbluth

I think that's kind of the perfect mix, where you do something that you're not sure about, you feel like you're taking a risk,…

— Rostam Batmanglij

If you look at all the artists I've ever worked with, I'm still blessed enough to have one of the biggest singles of their…

— Sean Garrett

We knew what music we liked but not who was from where. As we started to look more into these artists, we started finding…

— Taylor Goldsmith

I don't particularly look at other artists when I'm working. But references do come into my work intuitively.

— Cornelia Parker

Me personally, I will always be a fan at the end of the day. No matter how big this gets, I still look up…

— G-Eazy

It's so easy to look at artists, like myself or whoever, and think their lives are perfect. That's just not a reality for any…

— Carly Pearce

Don't listen to the politicians, always look at the artists, they're the first to tell us where we're going.

— Mark Mills

Take Tom Sachs as an artist. His brain is more brilliant than anything, so of course, anything he puts out over a ten-year period…

— Virgil Abloh

Your work ethic, your understanding of the game, your IQ, how you work the room - those things make you great. And those could…

— Benny the Butcher

I look at the artists as mini media companies, like if Beyonce is ESPN and Lady Gaga is Discovery.

— Steve Stoute

When you look at the artists who have come up through 'Billboard' over the years, it's incredible.

— Tracy Morgan