Always Quote by Paul McCartney

As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.

— Dwight Yoakam

I don't consider myself an artist. I consider myself a very opinionated man who uses words as fighting tools.

— Larry Kramer

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

Sometimes when you're an artist, you need to be in your own head; you need to stay in it to be able to get…

— Santigold

As an artist, you have to express yourself. You just can't stop being an artist.

— Corinne Bailey Rae

Sometimes as an artist you get wrapped up in what you are doing and you can't be objective.

— Joe Nichols

Regardless of anything I say, some people try to take the fact that I'm an artist away from me.

— Riff Raff

Everybody is different. Some people like to share more. I just wouldn't want to spoil someone's opinion of me by them knowing me as…

— Marina and the Diamonds

If only the people around you know youre an artist, then youre doing something wrong.

— Fetty Wap

We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced…

— Ai Weiwei

All artists, no matter who they are, have always come into contact with criticism. No one's gonna like what you do 100 percent of…

— Erika Jayne

If only the people around you know you're an artist, then you're doing something wrong.

— Fetty Wap