Art Quote by Kool Keith

The reality is that people think it's okay to steal music.

— Trent Reznor

There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.

— Prince

I don't feel like songs should be hoarded. I don't feel like one's tainted if somebody else does it. That's the mark of artistry…

— Chris Stapleton

You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you…

— Taylor Swift

It's nice if people ask to use your song. You have to make a decision as an artist how you feel about that.

— Jared Leto

Music can kind of make you one-dimensional. People see what's on the surface and what you rap about, and they make their decision on…

— Chance the Rapper

I don't think anyone doubts my motives, really. I do what I do and it's not very complicated. Of course, you might hate the…

— Anonymous

I would rather kill myself than play my own music... I can't stand it when people do that.

— Jarvis Cocker

If you're good, and you know you're good, and you know you're better than those people getting paid to do it, you still have…

— John Mayer

You're a musician and you live and die by people responding to your music. It's a business just like anything else and if people…

— Marc Martel

I just consider myself an artist. I dont really rap. I dont really sing. I just do what I feel is good, and people…

— Fetty Wap

Me rapping over other people's beats doesn't mean as much as when Lil Wayne does it - no matter how hard I'm going in.

— Donnis