20th century Quote by Charlton Heston

I think artists throughout the history of time have always been controversial and have been a voice to speak to public culture in a…

— Mark Foster

The only thing that shocks me is public interest in people who shouldn't be interesting at all, like Jade Goody. We've gone past Andy…

— Marco Pirroni

I think it's what the times are demanding. If you're talking about the popular artists, they collaborate with a lot of different people and…

— Joan Jett

No artist is well served in thinking what will happen to their works. The best one can hope is that they'll enter the mainstream,…

— Twyla Tharp

Our campaigns have always been based on what we consider music icons that transcend generations and they're not of the moment - they continue…

— Paul Weller

There's quite a few people getting into that - new acts coming along that are using a lot of stuff that happened in the…

— Van Morrison

Obviously, the Sixties was a time when everyone wanted to experiment, and then everything became very formulated and corporate, so artists tended to get…

— Steve Winwood

I guess when I was younger, I'd have assumed that in 2008 music would be full of great writers following in the tradition of…

— David Berman

Why is this generation looking to aging icons like John Lennon and Bob Dylan for inspiration? Why not raising up their own icons?

— Tucker Carlson

... artists were intended to be an ornament to society. As a society in themselves they are unthinkable.

— Elizabeth Bowen

And with this sort of increased visibility, there's more money going around in the industry, and it changes a lot, in terms of who…

— Adrian Tomine

We were over in Europe all the time their posters were up. That's why I liked them. So now all of a sudden they're…

— Kim Deal