#artist

Artists have really never had any representation on Capitol Hill, because it's not the nature of the artist to join together and make a unified presence. Those days kind of died in the '60s. ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#artist #artists #because #capitol #capitol hill

When you know who you are as an artist and you have your own identity and got it figured out it helps you know what to write about. ↗

— Keifer Thompson

#artist #figured #got #helps #identity

I needed to be pushed as an artist and as a person. ↗

— Kenny Chesney

#i #needed #person #pushed

The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching way. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#generous #give #got #honest #i

I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged. ↗

— Maria Callas

#angel #artist #devil #either #i

Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid. ↗

— Jules Feiffer

#because #blue #color #know #might

Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#artist #asking #discuss #his #horticulture

When you're artistic director of a program, you present the music you want to present. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#director #music #present #program #want

I think foreign countries really do like it when American artists sing in their language. And when you go over there and say, 'Hi, how are you?' in their language, they love it. It makes them feel like you're doing it just for them. We in America take so much for granted. ↗

— Natalie Cole

#american #artists #countries #doing #feel

Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already. ↗

— Cy Coleman

#artist #credits #enough #figured #had