Art Quote by Ian Astbury

If you're going to be an artist, you have to create music that moves you, and to not try to fit in so much…

— Nikka Costa

If you get involved in music expecting to make a living out of it, then you've picked the wrong thing to do. That shouldn't…

— Jarvis Cocker

Most artists, you know, you spend their entire lives learning how to play music and write songs, and they don't really know how the…

— Moby

In this music industry, you'll find the differences with artists. You get some people who really love music... and you get people who do…

— Skepta

There's so many people in the music business or even in general who will tell you that you can't do this or that just…

— Jeremy Davis

Some artists don't want to be involved in anything outside the performing. They'll say, 'You make the decisions and tell me what to do.'…

— Tiffany Darwish

There's certain artists that are meant to have certain paths and go the way of the corporate world. And then there are artists who…

— Fantastic Negrito

I prefer career artists that have spent time honing their craft, as opposed to, 'I won a karaoke contest on a reality show and…

— Conor Oberst

One has to commit their life to music and not expect to get famous or rich doing it.

— Anne Akiko Meyers

It's a funny line when you're walking - the creativity, the subjectivity versus the objectivity, creativity versus the business, and recognizing that you are…

— Lupe Fiasco

There is a common misconception that when you're a singer working for a recording company you get to pick everything you're doing. Very few…

— Frank Sinatra Jr

You've got to care about the music...You'd better not be doing it for the publicity, the fame or the money. And you'd sure better…

— Waylon Jennings