Artist Quote by Simon Reynolds

I am a very big fan of Brian Eno, of his work as an artist and making his music, and as a producer. In…

— Rostam Batmanglij

I'd just sort of gravitated toward the arts, and I had always loved music and really loved theater, even though I didn't want to…

— Patty Jenkins

It's not that you don't make any money doing conscious rap music. You make a lot of money doing this, but if you're greedy…

— KRS-One

Public Enemy started out as a benchmark in rap music in the mid-1980s. We felt there was a need to actually progress the music…

— Chuck D

I'm kind of a firm believer that songs can have a shelf life with an artist.

— Myles Kennedy

The creatives, they want to connect with people. These artists, the clothing designers, they want to connect with people the same way that music…

— Kanye West

Part of what we admire about a painting or a piece of music is the order which the artist has imposed upon what would…

— Anthony Storr

Sometimes when I write lyrics there are images in them, usually on a quite simplistic level, like colors. But most often music comes first…

— Bjork

I hadn't known anything else, other than being an artist, and I needed to be a person for a while, really get to know…

— Tove Styrke

I am going to take art more seriously. I most definitely want to leave behind art, and that does not just mean music.

— Janelle Monae

My best business decision was to be independent as a musician and artist. My worst was compromising on certain aspects of a deal for…

— Ziggy Marley

I started off playing by ear, and being around a bunch of musicians and playing in the streets and in the different parades and,…

— Troy Andrews