Art Quote by Conor Oberst

As an artist, you tend to gravitate to the opposite. I know, when I finish a song or an album, I'm interested in doing…

— Mat Kearney

You see a lot of bands and a lot of artists making that mistake: They become successful for doing something, and then they change…

— Passenger

The nature of music fandom and music fans is that, very often, they fall in love with a band or a particular artist, and…

— Steven Wilson

I'm focused on the music. I think, as long as I keep making music just because I like to make it, people are gonna…

— Bishop Nehru

I feel like you should be confident in whatever you do, and a lot of my new music [that's coming out] I want people…

— Big Sean

Not everyone is going to love you. Not everyone is going to like what you do, and you see a lot of people don't…

— Zacky Vengeance

When you keep the caliber of musicians very high in the band, people are going to come and go. Some of them will be…

— Kathy Mattea

When you get down to it, the way that the music affects you individually is the most important thing, and when you let things…

— Steve Vai

Our music is constantly evolving and changing, and when this band put out an album we always try to offer something different.

— Chad Gilbert

A lot of times, people just want to be more extreme than the next band or the next person, and that's all they focus…

— M. Shadows

Fans want new music. We're the same way. We have bands that we like, and whether they release it or not, we're interested in…

— John Dolmayan

Being in a band, a lot of times people think of what you're doing in terms of a competition. They talk about where you…

— John Flansburgh