New Artists Quotes

• I hear some new artists that sound country but the record labels and country radio lean more toward a more rock feel for what gets signed to a label and played on the radio.

  George Jones

  Country, Artist, Rocks

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• I would tell new artists to be themselves. Show your talents first, have your own identity, don't try to be Lady Saw. If you're coming out to be like me, once you get in, return back to yourself, that's the only way you'll be happy. Don't come in trying to be me and then disrespect me.

  Lady Saw

  Artist, Return Back, Disrespect

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• I ain't a new artist, I'm good in the studio, I don't need somebody to hold my hand in the studio. I don't even really want them all over my album or anything like that.

  Jadakiss

  Artist, Hands, Needs

  "Jadakiss Talks LOX Reunion, Roc-A-Fella & 50 Cent". Interview with Joe La Puma, www.complex.com. February 10, 2009.

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• My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro.

  Brandi Carlile

  Artist, Vintage, Advice

  "Bear Creek : A Conversation With Brandi Carlile, Plus Rocket Juice & The Moon by Galen Hawthorne". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 04, 2012.

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• Art is difficult. It's not entertainment. There are only a few people who can say something about art - it's very restricted. When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not. Buying art is not understanding art.

  Anselm Kiefer

  Art, People, Giving

  "Anselm Kiefer: 'Art is difficult, it's not entertainment'" by Alex Needham, www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2011.

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• In changing times, we should all lend our support to the independent retailers. Without independent retailers, many of the biggest names in music would still be undiscovered. They break new artists and movements. We all know the industry is changing, but we can't forget where we came from.

  Gorilla Zoe

  Independent, Artist, Names

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• I know I can only do as much as I can do... Although I have so many ideas of my own, I'm still very interested in helping to cultivate and encourage some promising new artists. But there are a lot of people and, unfortunately, a very small window.

  Tyler Perry

  Artist, Ideas, People

  Source: aalbc.com

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• A new artist today has to get their teeth fixed, has to tighten their jeans up, and they have to get 'em the right kind of hat, and if anything's wrong with their nose, if it's a little crooked, it's got to be straightened up.

  George Jones

  Artist, Jeans, Noses

  Source: www.cbn.com

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• It is really sad for the new artists. Where's the next Elvis, where's the next Beatles, where's the Zeppelin? They're out there but they don't have a chance because once upon a time we [musicians of the 60s] had record companies, and they would support you and have point of purchase material and they would give you advances. In other words, they gave you the air to breathe to find yourself and spend the time to learn how to run.

  Gene Simmons

  Running, Artist, Support You

  Source: www.billboard.com

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• Six months is the most you can ask of any fan in this day and age, with the Internet and all these new artists. I understand that my music is in a lot of mediums. Some people want me to make an R&B album. Some people want me to never sing again. I just don't want people to be able to draw comparisons between my old songs and my new ones.

  Drake

  Song, Artist, People

  "Drake: I Remain Calm (2010 Cover Story)". Interview with Damien Scott, www.complex.com. February, 2010.

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• I've been starting in new places year after year after year. It's just like when I went to Greece or the Philippines. I love when people think I'm a new artist. It's a chance to start over.

  Thalia

  Thinking, Artist, Years

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• New artists will be discovered and trained. Moreover, when the artists who've gone abroad return home, they can share and pass on skills and knowledge to their peers here. I am certain their stints abroad will make them better artists and mentors. It will teach them discipline and independence. It will broaden their horizons.

  Ryan Cayabyab

  Home, Artist, Here I Am

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• The fact that people are embracing me so well as a new artist and being taken so seriously is something I'm really surprised by.

  Alessia Cara

  Taken, Artist, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• When new artists come out and they're not being cosigned or some company doesn't have a stake in it, or someone's not getting paid under the table to produce the whole record or bring it to video, the artist really suffers.

  Pharoahe Monch

  Artist, Suffering, Video

  Interview with Adam Mansbach, believermag.com. January 2011.

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• There are a lot of new artists that I really dig and I think they really understand what R&B and Soul music is about.

  D'wayne Wiggins

  Artist, Thinking, Soul

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• Sometimes I look at new artists trying to come out or trying to make their name and it's like they're coming into the game blind. They don't really know what the world is going to expect from them and they really trying to get in where they fit in but me I almost got the red carpet.

  Rakim

  Artist, Games, Names

  Source: halftimeonline.net

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• I want to be a manager for new artists, get real estate.

  Lil Boosie

  Real, Artist, Want

  Source: djbooth.net

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• [I] try to do both because the writing for me, to be a new artist, the writing is gonna pay the bills.

  PJ Harvey

  Writing, Artist, Trying

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• As a new artist there are so many new ways to put music out there where you don't necessarily need a label because now labels will have their hands in your pocket and leave you with less control.

  Ashanti

  Artist, Hands, Pockets

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Times are completely different now. If you're a brand new artist with a record you want to release to the masses, I would suggest you try and get it hot yourself first. This way you can create your own demand so you'll end up having the option of demanding what you want if you do decide to sign with a label. If you don't and you still get on hot on your own, you then have the ability to reap all of your profits.

  Ashanti

  Artist, Trying, Hot

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think in terms of getting new artists who are not in that sort of stereotypical teenage boy demographic; there's been a lot of progress recently. And I shouldn't make a definitive statement about this, but my impression is that the main impediment to progress in that regard is the number of people who are choosing to make a go of it.

  Adrian Tomine

  Teenage, Artist, Boys

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I love a lot of the young, new artists who are coming up, including Adele. I suppose anybody would freak out to work with her. To be able to play a saxophone solo on one of her songs would be the most ultimate thing ever.

  Dave Koz

  Song, Artist, Play

  Source: chicago.gopride.com

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• As a new artist you should ignore trends at all costs.

  Wendy Starland

  Artist, Cost, Trends

  Interview with Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com. March 1, 2015.

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• It's just a blessing. Artists search and search for songs that will connect for a new artist because the familiarity is so low. People don't know what you look like. It's just so unbelievable to find a song that people are relating to. To have a song that people will actually pick up the phone and call the station to ask. It's a blessing.

  Rodney Atkins

  Song, Artist, Blessing

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• Sometimes it's hard to listen to new music and get motivated, because it's elementary to me - no disrespect to new artists, because that's where we started, too. But it's like they're way back there in first grade, and I'm in college.

  DJ Quik

  Artist, College, Disrespect

  Interview with David Drake, pitchfork.com. October 15, 2014.

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