Albums Quote by Kanye West

Sometimes as an artist you don't want to be an entertainer. You want to offend people and inspire them and that's not always entertainment.

— Lacey Sturm

Too many people judge a singer like Beyonce by what they see on the surface. Knowing the musicians she's worked with and how she…

— Dianne Reeves

Because we all just function, the rest of us, just go to work and come home; artists make life bearable. They give perspectives on…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent…

— James A. Baldwin

Beyoncé is musically why I do what I do. She's an inspiration, she's incredible. I just love her.

— Stan Walker

You get the feeling that on a lot of days the audience for most music would kind of rather not be faced with the…

— Amanda Palmer

It's one thing to look at someone like Beyonce and Rihanna and to see how beloved and talented they are, and it's another thing…

— Ann Wilson

...why is an artist an artist? Artists simply do feel and see things in a different way to other people. In a way it's…

— Roger Waters

Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them.

— Maynard James Keenan

And it's always the same kind of artist, I think, who has more enjoyment being slightly on the outside of things, who doesn't want…

— David Bowie

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

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