Artist Quotes by Steven Wilson

8 Artist quotes by Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson’s perspective on the artist emerges in eight short, thoughtful statements. They read like backstage notes, offering a glimpse into the meticulous layering of sound and vision.

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The real artists are ultimately people who don't consider their audience and are almost incapable of considering their audience. They can do…

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If you want to be an entertainer and just keep your audience happy, that's one thing. But to be an artist, I…

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Some musicians feel they have to provide what their audiences expect. They lose the distinction between an artist and an entertainer. I…

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I never claimed to be a generic artist, period. I never wanted to be a generic artist.

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The definition of an artist, for me, is someone who is quite selfish about their creativity.

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I like artists that tend to be more interested in reinventing themselves, in experimenting.

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If you want to be an entertainer, then go be an entertainer and give people what they want. If you want to…

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I think that's part of the battle of defining yourself as an artist. You're constantly fighting the pressure from outside to be…

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Pop shouldn't be a comfortable slipper. It should shock and surprise you and confront your expectations.

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The truth is I got rid of 100% of my vinyl in the '90s. All the vinyl I have is re-bought.

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You've got a lot pulling at your time already - which may be the best reason to start cultivating your green thumb.

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You forget, living outside of a country, that the actions of the government are not the actions of the people.

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Ultimately, I'd like to create a body of work where every album has its own personality and a reason to exist within the catalog,…

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We had an extreme reaction to Storm Corrosion. We were proud of it, but it divided the audience. The metal fans were divided. Some…

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“I feel I'm living in parentheses”

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The real artists are ultimately people who don't consider their audience and are almost incapable of considering their audience. They can do what they…

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I grew up with vinyl records and remember the pleasure and the kind of buzz that I got from buying a beautiful vinyl record…

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It's always lovely to discover that the people that you kind of look up to are actually very down-to-earth people.

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I always wanted to create my own musical world. That takes time and must be earned, and it does mean sometimes confronting the expectations…

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My fifth record is, in many ways, inspired by the hugely ambitious progressive pop records that I loved in my youth.

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I've never been one of those people who say, 'Oh, well, if you play this kind of music, you can only like these kinds…

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Being English, we're polite and reserved, we don't express our opinions; we're very private people.

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