Artist Quotes by Raye

9 Artist quotes by Raye

Raye’s take on the artist arrives in nine lively sentences that sparkle with pop‑energy, each one offering a glimpse of her bold, genre‑blending mindset.

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All I ever wanted to be was an artist, and now I'm an artist with an album of the year.

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Being an artist means being unapologetically yourself, and I get to be that now.

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Gospel, soul, jazz, and R&B were what I felt connected to as an artist.

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When you think, 'I want to be an artist,' there are a few things you think of, the first thing being: album.

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That's kind of the artist I like to be, transparent, honest. I think that's what I'm like in real life.

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Whenever I was presented with hardships - trauma, pain, heartbreak, confusion - I, like so many creatives, turned to my art as…

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There's an awful pressure on signed artists to make a hit song. But I never wanted to be an artist who created…

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There is a Nina Simone quote, 'It is an artist's duty to reflect the times.' This quote is everything to me and…

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Every single song that's released in the world, there are 100 royalty points. The label will take, say, 80 points. The artist,…

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I grew up in the church around my mum singing in the choir and my dad leading worship. Music runs in my family.

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I'm no stranger to a corner shop. That was my second home, growing up.

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Always support the women around you. I think that's so important.

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I would do songwriting sessions from the age of 14, and label heads flattered me over fancy dinners. 'We'll put you in a room…

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