Artist Quotes by El-P

The bravest artists I've ever known have always been graf artists. Risking your life and your freedom is no joke.

— El-P

I've been approached by major labels every single year of my existence as an artist. Since 1996.

— El-P

Labels are curators of taste, and the best ones know how to monetize what an artist is trying to do.

— El-P

I always liked the idea that you can put something in you onto a canvas or a piece of paper and have…

— El-P

I believe that if you're an artist, it's like a gift. If you can do this for a living and you can…

— El-P

I think that everyone who does music, and everyone who does art, or everyone who decides at a young age that they're…

— El-P

At the core of everything I do, is not my ambition but my desire to make music. Somewhere along the line I…

— El-P

I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started. I think there are people -…

— El-P

We all want recognition and validation to an extent for our art, but greatness as a trade for decency is a risky…

— El-P

I believe that if you're an artist, it's like a gift. If you can do this for a living and you can…

— El-P

You've gotta be an outsider a little bit to shake yourself loose from the mill, the "machine." In order to even cut…

— El-P

The only thing an artist is useful for, and the only reason why we don't just line 'em up against the wall…

— El-P

I am making art. It's not a job that you've gotta show up to and fill in your slot. This is a…

— El-P

The worst part is that if you become part of a major - all these independent labels become farm teams for your…

— El-P