71 Quotes by Terence Trent D'Arby

Our society and media have lost touch with the job of the artist. The job of the artist has been subordinated to the job of the record seller.

I obviously wouldn't say on nationwide TV that I thought America was racist, sexist, homophobic and violent if they asked me why I left. I would just say America wasn't a culture I felt comfortable in. But anybody with a brain would understand what I'm trying to say.

That's all I think my job is, to make my own contribution.

We can tend to be too ambitious when we're young, and a little blind.

Some small part of what the artist does is for approval of others.

I came around at a time when myself, Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna and George Michael, we were considered kind of dangerous.

When I lived in England my perception of what people thought of me was largely formed by the media.

It's imperative that I have another channel to pour ideas into, that have been with me for quite a while, that it would be hard for people to kind of accept on first listen. Some of that would be more classically based stuff and some more jazz based.

I can stay in my house for a week straight without seeing anyone.