#artists

Great artists suffer for the people. ↗

— Marvin Gaye

#for the people #great #people #suffer

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

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The immature artist imitates. Mature artists steal. ↗

— Lionel Trilling

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The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#act #african #african american #american #artists

I think most artists find it difficult to part with their work but it's the parting that keeps us alive and keeps us working. In the case of the chariot, although it's been sold I actually still have it, just in another form. ↗

— Kit Williams

#alive #although #another #artists #been

I feel a lot more comfortable being me these days. I'm constantly told that my work is good. A lot of fans and a lot of other artists say my songs and albums mean a lot to them. Isn't that what's important? ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#artists #being #comfortable #constantly #days

Music is more emotional than prose, more revolutionary than poetry. I'm not saying I've got the answers, just a of questions that I don't hear other artists asking. ↗

— Malcolm Wilson

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We, the artists, make the stuff they sell and they're like ticks on our backs, sucking the life out of us. ↗

— Malcolm Wilson

#backs #life #like #make #our

So I guess the complete lack of any new developments is what struck me. That and the fact that much of the good we had done for the artists' side of the industry with G.O.D. had been just as quickly undone by the big boys. ↗

— Mike Wilson

#artists #been #big #complete #developments

I always make this joke that I know you were expecting to see the big skirts and the hoops. But that was a long time ago. Artists aren't always seen as real people. If you start out as a teenager, sometimes people want to keep you locked as that. But I'm a woman now. ↗

— Jody Watley

#always #artists #big #expecting #hoops