Art Quote by Yasmine Hamdan

To be a true artist you have to play the way you feel not the way others think you should feel.

— Don Ellis

I know a lot of artists say this, but it's hard to put myself in a box. I just write songs that I strongly…

— Bruno Mars

I think I'm just trying to be myself and write songs that are honest. That's what I hear in artist's that I like.

— Michael Gungor

Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I commend the guys that do.…

— Jake Owen

I must be true to myself within my music or I would be a liar.

— Nneka

To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way.

— Brad Paisley

To write a good song, an artist has to drawn from reality. There has to be some spark from realism that communicates a real…

— Daryl Hall

People always try to pigeonhole you, especially the media, who are happy if they can label you as a particular kind of artist. But…

— Chris de Burgh

Being a songwriter, you are accepting that this isn't about you. If you do want it to be about you, you're going to be…

— Justin Tranter

You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that lies about…

— Brian Wilson

My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact that artists…

— Shakira

To be an artist, any type of artist, you have to be honest with yourself.

— John Fogerty