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When I was doing something on someone else's dime, I was inclined to try to anticipate what they wanted. I knew that wasn't what an artist was supposed to do. In funding my own music, I found my voice.
Whether they are actual poets or their music exemplifies a poetic sensibility, generally speaking, the Americana artist shuns commercial compromise in favor of a singular vision. Which resonates with me.
As an artist, one of the ingredients to doing good work is self-awareness, and that's something I cultivate.
Pretty much any artist that I know of that has found that mentor status, if they're generous and okay to bestow a bit of mentor-type information, it's do what you feel, not what you think.
Wonder and awe are the diet of the artist and without them the world would be far less meaningful to us than it is.
I wanted to get out of this country and experience different ways of seeing the world. So I went to Europe, but I went as an artist. I was increasing my skill set and exploring storytelling through painting.
The highest levels of fame in the entertainment business are geared toward keeping the artist disconnected, disinterested and continuing to make product and not developing any sort of 'normal life.'
Prince Rogers Nelson was the most gifted artist of the rock era. Not the greatest genius - just the most musical in the broadest sense.
Bob Dylan is as influential as any artist that there has been.
The great thing about being an artist is, we want our work to be seen.
As an artist, you want as many people as possible to see your work with no interference. And usually, I've gone onto fringe channels: BBC Two, HBO, Channel 4.
Conquering America for a U.K. artist is incredible because that's what everybody wants and dreams about. The accomplishment is dominating a market which you aren't familiar with.
In this industry, all the heads of labels are men, but every artist has to prove themselves, regardless of their sex. I have always been very vocal about the women sticking together.
I like to call myself a 360-degree artist. I'm a musician, but I have other things I do, too.
When you're starting out, you basically have all these assumptions about what it means to be an artist or how to be a rock star. It took me years, through trial and error, to figure out what does work for me. So much of it is counter to the myth of the rock-star life.
With me being an artist that took over a decade to get on, there's so many different things that I have in common with artists that's struggling to get on.
I respect the Grammys, being a writer. But me being an artist representing hip hop? No.
For me, I think of 'Dope' as an album. There may be a love song and there may be a party song, but it's all coming from one artist.
I want to stay consistent and drop an album every year, so in the long run, you can see that I'm an actual artist.
Regardless of anything I say, some people try to take the fact that I'm an artist away from me.
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