Going Quote by Mitski

People will assume what a record is going to be like and they are loath to even give it a listen.

— Michael Ball

We live in a time where everybody has an opinion and everyone's opinion can be featured somewhere, whether it's an online column and everybody…

— Charlie Benante

The way to judge a new artist is by listening to their albums and gauging the progress that they make from the first record…

— Big Boi

I'm not an artist that has a big, huge radio record that's going to be on BET. I'm not, at this point, gunning for…

— Talib Kweli

But that's the problem with playing new music sometimes before the record comes out: You have a bunch of yayhoots with opinions.

— Jake Owen

I panic every time I put out a record. I think every artist does.

— Madonna Ciccone

I'm not an artist that has a big, huge radio record that's going to be on BET.

— Talib Kweli

I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being…

— Damien Hirst

I can never look at anything I do subjectively - whether it's a Stone Sour record or a Slipknot record, I can never really…

— Jim Root

I think artists are interested in what people think of them.

— Logic

The biggest difference between me and other artists out there is that they'll put anything out to sell a record or sell a ticket.

— Corey Taylor

I think there's a curiosity that can make you feel anxious as to what the world's going to make of what you're doing. It's…

— Jeff Tweedy