#artist

My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And that's the reason I went to college and got my degree, which has been great for me. It's helped me a lot with my career. ↗

— Jon Secada

#been #came #career #college #degree

Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested in photography at that time that I really would have preferred to work with Stryker than with my department, which was more artistic if you wish. ↗

— Ben Shahn

#begin #came #department #i #i came

Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don't want it to happen to me. ↗

— Shakira

#fame #happen #happens #i #isolates

My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words. ↗

— Shakira

#before #care #conscious #fact #feel

All any artist can do is please themselves. ↗

— William Shatner

#artist #please #themselves

In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that. ↗

— Irwin Shaw

#artist #doomed #example #feeling #fitzgerald

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#audience #band #cemented #felt #front

I feel like I have the greatest life an artist could dream of. ↗