Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jason James

Knowing that my wish list was pretty lofty and already busy working on other projects, I wrote Johnny Repeat in distinct chapters so high-caliber artists could contribute without having to make a 100-page commitment. I'm calling it 'cosmic noir.' I can't wait for everyone to see it!

Gore Verbinski

My respect for artists is very high. I think to get the most out of them, you have to liberate them. I think part of liberating them is saying, 'Come up with something brilliant, new, and fresh. Stop thinking based on what has been beat into you by executives or publishers in terms of what's going to work and what's not. Don't react, just act.'

Q-Tip

The song, 'Life is Better,' is about hip-hop. It's about my love for hip-hop. And, you know, I go through all the artists from the beginning to the end, you know. And, well, not to the end, but since the beginning to now, you know.

Mary Lambert

Going from someone playing 15-people venues to performing at the Grammys, it was this giant leap and sort of showed me it was possible with what I wanted to do and the kind of music I wanted to write and artist I want to be to impact a lot of people.

E. O. Wilson

He's got strong programs. He's got a lot of the basics and he could come through. The material and artistry are there. He's a player (for an Olympic medal), for sure.

James Cromwell

I think the obligation of an artist is to make a difference in the world. That is what matters most to me. I think that artists are the leaders of the world because they do not have a connection to the industrial complex, the day-to-day short-term survival that most people are involved with.

Simon Cowell

I think you're the first artist we've had on the show who's refused to compromise.

Paul Richards

I think you have to be blind to realize this isn't a good thing for the community. We want people to come to Oil City and see the artist community and see its neighborhoods. ... We're very serious about doing things top-of-the-line so we better the community.

David Nathan

I think the fact that they didn't attain the level of success of solo artists probably has something to do with it as well. They may have had some impact, but none are around today. They weren't able to sustain it.

Wayne Shorter

If all you have is music, then you don't have music

Juliana Hatfield

I wanted to be a writer since I was a little girl - long before I was a musician and a songwriter.

Kenneth Rexroth

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

K'naan

I wasn't making music consciously when I was younger. I was a musician, but that has its own stigmas. Anywhere on the planet, it's one of the more undervalued positions.

Miroslav Vitous

I am a Slavic musician and it is deeply inside of me.

Patrick Rothfuss

A poet is a musician who can't sing.

Marcus Miller

It's a great thing about being a musician; you don't stop until the day you die, you can improve. So it's a wonderful thing to do.

Joshua Homme

Not everyone deserves to be a musician, you get lucky enough to be one.

Karrine Steffans

I am not, and have no interest in being, a musician of any kind.

Ritchie Blackmore

I criticize my own work pretty harshly.

Rick Santorum

I'm probably known most by the work I do in Washington on the big issues of the day and I'm criticized sometimes for taking on the big issues of the day like Social Security,

John Murtha

I like guys who've never been there who criticize us who've been there,

Brad Adams

The message is clear: If you criticize the government, you will be thrown in jail.

Angie Lucier

It just seemed to happen so quick. It really messed up our rotation. I'm not one to criticize officials, and we don't want to use anything as an excuse, but it just threw off everything we did.

John Ferguson

It's very unusual for there to be a situation where there is nothing to criticize ... This is one of those very special colts.

Joel Osteen

If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you're criticizing God.

John Wooden

I had three rules for my players: No profanity. Don't criticize a teammate. Never be late.

Wes Walz

I took so many things for granted as a young hockey player. From the time I was 20 to 24, I was the first guy to criticize somebody else if I wasn't playing well. I was lazy. That frustrated my dad a lot. I remember him telling me, if you put something into it, and work hard, you'll always get something out of it. You won't know when it's going to happen. It could be years down the road.