Artists Quotes

You know, I feel sorry for the young artists. - Waylon Jennings

You know, for a long time I have been of the opinion that artists don't necessarily know what they're doing. You don't necessarily know what kind of universal concept you're tapping into. - Leonard Nimoy

You have wonderful artists like Patty Labelle and Aretha Franklin that have opened up the door and been able to let us through. - Kelly Rowland

You get people excited and there's a trickle-down effect. Just the names create interest. Robert Cray (who will perform at the Grand in August), and national artists like that, I love seeing that kind of stuff. - John Altenburgh

You don't see artists sitting around a lot, talking about ideology. They find out what they believe, and what they're doing, by doing it. - Peter Coyote

You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice. - Lauryn Hill

You can get really left of centre influences in mainstream pop. Michael Jackson and Prince are some of the most progressive artists ever if you actually dissect their songs there's some crazy stuff going on. - Kimbra

Wynton and Christopher were really great experiences for me because they are both very gifted artists. - Kathleen Battle

Writers and spoke-word artists will write something in response to a work in the exhibition and share what they wrote. It's open to writers, poets and storytellers. - Terri Thomas

Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable. - Liz Phair