Art Quote by Ryan Tedder

Advice to artists: always take the opportunity to shut up.

— Bill Jay

I want artists to tell their story and share their life experience.

— Bushwick Bill

I just think you can't shut your life off to just, you know, one thing. You gotta be open-minded. Explore things. Feed your artist.

— Antoine Fuqua

I've always written about other artists, or I write my thoughts down, but I've never written a story.

— Laurie Simmons

I've got stories on every one of my albums, big ones.

— Ghostface Killah

That's always the time to quit - when you have nothing to say as an artist and creative person.

— Fantastic Negrito

I don't want to come off as one of those artists that's not down to earth and real.

— La'Porsha Renae

These artists all have some kind of message to the public. These messages can be quite personal, maybe about their own existential situation, and…

— Gunnar Kvaran

Once I release a song, it's not just about me or the people... I write about. They're my stories, but they're not really mine…

— Jens Lekman

I'm a songwriter, my love of music has never left me and I literally don't seem to be able to stop writing songs, they…

— Mick Hucknall

One thing that's really pulled me in to helping artists create their album is that I get to help them tell a story. It's…

— Emily Lazar

I really enjoy writing and producing for other artists. Some people save their best songs for their own albums. I'd rather give another artist…

— Missy Elliot