Female Artists Quotes

• Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

  Anais Nin

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.

  Zelda Fitzgerald

  Love, Inspirational, Positive

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• Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

  Pablo Picasso

  Life, Motivational, Music

  "LIFE", Vol. 57, nr. 11, (p. 9), September 11, 1964.

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• I hope and believe we are paving a better future for female artists to come

  Paula Cole

  Believe, Artist, Female

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• You also said in Rolling Stone that your look is based on mine. The look I chose, I chose on purpose at a time when my record company were encouraging me to do what you have done. I felt I would rather be judged on my talent and not my looks. I am happy that I made that choice, not least because I do not find myself on the proverbial rag heap now that I am almost 47 yrs of age.. which unfortunately many female artists who have based their image around their sexuality, end up on when they reach middle age.

  Sinead O'Connor

  Artist, Choices, Age

  "Sinéad O'Connor's open letter to Miley Cyrus", www.theguardian.com. October 3, 2013.

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• There's so much about Dolly Parton that every female artist should look to, whether it's reading her quotes or reading her interviews or going to one of her live shows. She's been such an amazing example to every female songwriter out there.

  Taylor Swift

  Reading, Artist, Example

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• In general, I think the best thing to do is to connect with other females. I love meeting other female artists and feeling like we're all rooting for each other. I think that's shifted even more.

  Jillian Hervey

  Thinking, Artist, Feelings

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• I don't like being under someone elses thumb. I'm very supportive of other female artists, especially those trying to make their own statement... trying to do what they want instead of being someone else's Barbie doll.

  Irene Cara

  Artist, Barbie Dolls, Supportive

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• Beyoncé built her f–king foundation from the bottom. I think that’s the exact career every female artist wants to have.

  Rita Ora

  Kings, Artist, Thinking

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• When I criticize Joseph Beuys or Francis Bacon, nobody calls those opinions anti-male. Putting female artists or their subject matter off-limits is itself sexist and limiting.

  Jerry Saltz

  Artist, Males, Female

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• I've watched so many women, from Kathleen Hanna all the way up to Taylor Swift, whether they're pop artists or rock stars or fine artists or writers, it is the subhistory of female artists that if you're going to make art, you're also going to have a full-time job of defending your right to make art.

  Amanda Palmer

  Art, Stars, Jobs

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• I think the Internet really sussed things into perspective. Because twelve years ago, I could spend my days on writing and running my band and touring and making posters and practicing with my band and working on my vocals, but I didn't spend a large pie chart of my time sifting through criticism as well, and nowadays I do, and all female artists do, because to be able to promote your work, you need to live in those spaces.

  Amanda Palmer

  Running, Writing, Thinking

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• Marlene Dumas is one of the two or three most successful female artists alive, if you judge by prices. I've never reviewed her work, because I find nothing in it to get excited about no matter how hard I look.

  Jerry Saltz

  Successful, Artist, Two

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• I came at a time where male artists where dominating, so I had to do something quick to get people's attention. I wanted to let people know that women artists can hold their own compare to the men. Sex got their attention, while I open the road for the other female artists.

  Lady Saw

  Sex, Artist, Men

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• For a man it's like if something goes on on-stage you'll have a drink at the bar and talk about it. With a female artist it's a big deal, you have a meeting and she's mad at you for the next couple of shows!

  Chris Johnson

  Couple, Artist, Men

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• In the tradition of great female artists, Karla Bonoff, Bonnie Raitt, Christine McVie, Shawn
  Colvin, Sarah McLachlan....now enter Maia Sharp.

  Art Garfunkel

  Artist, Female, Tradition

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• You got a handful of great guys - Ne-Yo, R. Kelly, Usher. You have a handful of great female artists. But for the most part the music world's changing and change is good. You have to make adjustments if you want to survive in that world.

  Nas

  Artist, Guy, Change Is Good

  Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. December 6, 2006.

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• A female artist friend of mine recently told me that she was advised to 'look more slutty.' I asked her boyfriend what the equivalent advice for a man would be. He said to be more muscular. That made me rush to the gym.

  Mark Kostabi

  Artist, Men, Advice

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• Female artists I love the most are Fiona Apple, Paramour and Regina Spektor - those girls that really write amazing songs themselves, and they're younger and cool. I'm not quite sure I could ever write songs like any of them, but if I could, I would.

  Jennifer Damiano

  Girl, Song, Writing

  "DIVA TALK: Catching Up With Venice Star Jennifer Damiano". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. May 31, 2013.

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• I've admired Alicia Keys since before I got into the music industry, just everything she represents as a female artist.

  Melanie Fiona

  Artist, Keys, Female

  "Melanie Fiona Looks Forward To 'Empowering' Tour With Alicia Keys" by Steven Roberts, www.mtv.com. January 08, 2010.

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• Actually, I know for a fact there are some young female artists who don't even sing on their own records and who don't sing live. And that is pathetic.

  Avril Lavigne

  Artist, Female, Records

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm something totally different. There are a lot of female artists my age around at the moment, but they're all American and blonde and blue-eyed and smiley. I'm totally the opposite of that. I want to show a bit more attitude and I have an opinion.

  Samantha Mumba

  Attitude, Artist, Blue

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• In country music, there are certain female artists, like Gretchen Wilson, where you're going to find lesbians because they're responding to that more aggressive side.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Country, Artist, Female

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• There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.

  Adam Lambert

  Inspirational, Dance, Artist

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• Pop music seems to be the way radio programming has chosen to support female artists. They have chosen not to support a more provocative voice from women, which I find disappointing.

  Shirley Manson

  Artist, Voice, Support

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