Well, you know, people don’t know me as a country artist and I am new to the genre. But that’s how I grew up singing. – Kristin Chenoweth
Everyone looks to an artist for something more than just the music, and that message of being comfortable in my own skin is number one for me. – Lizzo
The more life you have, the more it’s in your pores, the more able you are to be creative as an artist. – Lesley Manville
The public needs art – and it is the responsibility of a ‘self-proclaimed artist’ to realize that the public needs art, and not to make bourgeois art for a few and ignore the masses. – Keith Haring
Whenever I go to L.A., the make-up artist or hairdresser will end up having a conversation about how fat they think they are, and I really just can’t take it seriously at all. – Kate Winslet
When I go in front of an audience, I’ll admit I sometimes have a certain amount of fear in me, because maybe the people are not going to accept what I’m doing today. That’s bad for any artist, especially if what you’re doing is not in line with what’s happening today. – Jimmy Rushing
Generally, when a record label suggests album ideas for you, you smile politely, and then proceed to shoot it down, because it’s never what you as an artist feel is right for you. – John Scofield
People were more interested in the phenomena than the art itself. This, combined with the growing interest in collecting art as an investment and the resultant boom in the art market, made it a difficult time for a young artist to remain sincere without becoming cynical. – Keith Haring
I remember taking my makeup off at a Saint Laurent shoot, and I was dragging it across my eye. The makeup artist was like, ‘Don’t do that to your skin! Don’t pull it like that!’ And I’m like, ‘Really?’ – Kate Moss
Lots of places to hone your skill as an artist and still earn a paycheck while you’re waiting to kick the door down. – Joe Madureira
To give a body and a perfect form to one’s thought, this – and only this – is to be an artist. – Jacques-Louis David
When you’re young and everything dramatic is exciting, you start to believe that hype that, in order to be an artist, you have to suffer. I’ve graduated from that school. – Lauryn Hill
I think confidence is the most appealing quality in any human being or any artist; that’s what really attracts us to people. – Marilyn Manson
All the world loves a young emerging artist, and sometimes it seems that all the world wants to be one – on a bad, gloomy planet, to be colourful and creative seems so promising. – Michael Leunig
I’ve been doing this for seven and a half years. I’ve been just bustin’ it, trying to break in as an artist in this business. For me, it’s still just about the work. I get the scripts and I’m all about that. I don’t really even have an idea what that’s going to be like. – Josh Holloway
At the end of the day, if you don’t have a record contract, a studio or a guitar, you can still write songs. You’re still an artist. That’s something no one can take away. – Janis Ian
I’m an artist and I can draw very well. I’m amazed that everybody can’t draw well because I can do it so effortlessly. – Jerry Lawler
In order for me to be successful… In order to be a great artist – musician, actor, painter, whatever – you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do. – Lady Gaga
It’s hard to come across someone who can look past an artist who is larger and just see them for the talent they are and have them be willing to invest what’s necessary to make them a star. – Kelly Price
I always thought I was going to be an artist. All I ever did was draw. I only ever turned to writing because I couldn’t find somebody to write the kind of stuff I wanted to do. That just spiraled out of control. – Jonathan Hickman
