Art Quote by Kate Nash

People always try to pigeonhole you, especially the media, who are happy if they can label you as a particular kind of artist. But…

— Chris de Burgh

Unless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to not look…

— Lady Gaga

I always think it's a little bit of a challenge when people sort of associate female artists as their own genre.

— Grace Potter

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

Female artistes have to put themselves out there and take as much control of their own music as they can.

— Jonita Gandhi

I think that's part of the battle of defining yourself as an artist. You're constantly fighting the pressure from outside to be pigeonholed and…

— Steven Wilson

Music is made by individuals. Some artists will be very politically overt in their songs, some will be more subtle. You have to be…

— Win Butler

So many artists try to be something that they're not.

— Johnny Van Zant

I don't think you should categorize yourself as an artist.

— Laura Nyro

There are many artists that I present that I admit I like less than I do others. But I think that they warrant being…

— Norman Granz

With regards to music, I don't want to pigeonhole myself and say I am a musician or a visual artist, because I feel like…

— Frances Bean Cobain

Regular people don't even realize how much artists mean to them. Artists represent a lot to the average person. People listen to music all…

— Nicki Minaj