1,307 Quotes About Artists

Nobody works harder than Dale. I think about the artists I know. They have lives. Dale is Dale all the time, constantly spiraling into his work, 365 days a year. He never makes time for anything but his mania for glass and mania for promoting himself.

I suspect that we might actually start selling some records with these artists in about 10 years. Some the people who invested, they're a little tight-because it's a lot of money to start up a company.

Probably about 99 percent of the time I don't put my name on my stuff, ... I'm one of the very few artists without an ego. I'm just kind of an average artist. I'm not odd or bizarre.

A lot of the old blues artists have influenced me. Then again, I'm sure the Beatles have... the Beach Boys, a lot of the older bands. I listen to Steely Dan an awful lot. Whether they influence me, I don't know, because they seem a lot more sophisticated than I.

They're all artists that I know and have played for me over the years. They're gracious enough to donate things.

If people like Ms. Finley and other performance artists who do things with vegetables that you and I would find to be ... unusual, they can go and find patrons and supporters in the marketplace.

A lot of gospel artists knew who he was. If he wasn't at home relaxing, he was playing his bass.

A lot of MTV's programming is hip-hop based, and the messages are usually all about bling bling. A lot of hip-hop artists sing about stuff that's more important, but they seldom get heard. The ones who get heard are the ones saying, 'Think about yourself. Make your money. It's all you. Everybody have a good time and party.'

The Wiz has been a dream of mine for some time. I cannot wait to engage the minds of some of America's premiere theatre artists in re-imagining a modern Oz.