Art Quote by Gary Allan

I feel like when you're an artist and you first come out - people don't want you to be as creative as you could…

— Kid Ink

I think every artist subconsciously wants to evolve themselves. Sometimes they get stuck in ruts because of pop culture, peer pressure, stuff like that.…

— Steve Vai

When people like your music because it has vulnerable honesty, and you're able to comfortably admit to flaws and imperfections, then that's the most…

— Tove Lo

“The average artist has a naïve, unrealistic, and disconnected view of what the music industry is, how it works, what is involved in “making…

— Loren Weisman

The music industry is a world of smoke and mirrors: they tell you exactly what they think you want to hear. And they are…

— Kelis

Having people around you that are honest with you, and having a team around you that can actually track and communicate where things are…

— Muneshine

The only time we actually even think about our music is in interviews. We have to explain why we do what we do, even…

— Cedric Bixler-Zavala

There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists. There are good things and bad things about being an artist, and the good thing is, sometimes you…

— David Bowie

I don't want to follow the map of what the music industry does because I've already lived the industry and I still live the…

— DJ Premier

There's a lot of madness going on out there. Artists can only be what they are, but the industry only goes with what they…

— Pras Michel

Being in the music business requires having a very strong resolve. You must be completely committed to the craziness that will inevitably ensue when…

— Wendy Starland

Amazingly, I've been sort of an anomaly in the music industry. I feel like I've been able to exist as kind of a throwback…

— Jewel