Art Quote by James Burton

When you make a solo record, it's you. It's your name. It has to be the right songs for how you feel. It just…

— Jenny Lewis

I'm into the whole song-as-a-piece-of-music thing: if it literally doesn't call for it, if it already has enough stuff going on, then it's okay…

— Dimebag Darrell

The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you…

— Zola Jesus

You want a solo to be structured, a song within a song, but you want it to sound like it's the first time you're…

— Orianthi

I really enjoy playing solo acoustic. I think it's good for me as a songwriter to stay in touch with what it takes to…

— Jeff Tweedy

Being in a group, you don't really get to give an ounce of who you are as a solo artist.

— Dinah Jane

Solo, you don't have compromise. It gets back to what's great when you're a musician.

— Curt Smith

I think the real exciting part about becoming a solo artist is that you get to really decide on what your new sound and…

— Tiffany Hwang

The reason I decided to become a solo artist in the first place was because I always felt that the results that I got…

— St. Lucia

I think that was the whole idea behind doing the solo record was to be able to do musically whatever I wanted to do.

— Slash

I'm a minimalist at heart. If a song doesn't need a solo, I'm not going to force one into it.

— The Edge

I want to establish myself as a solo artist before I start to collab. Everything, for me, has to make sense.

— Caleb McLaughlin