New Artists Quotes

• When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it's art or not.

  Anselm Kiefer

  Art, Artist, Giving

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

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• I love seeing strong-willed women inspire little girls. I hope someday some new artist will say 'I was inspired by the Dixie Chicks.

  Emily Robison

  Girl, Strong, Artist

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• I knew it would happen. I knew I'd be No. 1. I'm a new artist; I don't know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn't happen

  Erykah Badu

  Artist, Happens, Knows

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• It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, 'Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar player?' It keeps you reaching.

  Gary Burton

  Artist, Player, Guitar

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• A highly promising new artist and I look forward to seeing Natalie McCool perform at major festivals and concerts in the future

  Harvey Goldsmith

  Artist, Looks, Festivals

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• Well Ice H20 is my company that I plan to take to the next level with new artists, books, movies and so forth. It's more like a multimedia brand that I want to take to the next level and put some talented people on.

  Raekwon

  Book, Artist, Ice

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• My record label is treating me like I'm a new artist, which is exciting after all this time.

  Rosanne Cash

  Artist, Labels, Records

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• Nowadays you need so much money to be able to launch a new artist, notably in America; you would hardly believe the sums involved.

  Giorgio Moroder

  Believe, Artist, America

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• The advice I have for new artists is this - write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get residencies all over town and crush it.

  Ben Harper

  Crush, Song, Writing

  "Give Till It’s Gone". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 16, 2011.

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• The biggest challenge, I think for any new artist, is patience.

  Brett Eldredge

  Artist, Thinking, Challenges

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• I'm rarely grabbed by anything the way I was when I was 10 years younger. About the only relatively new artists whose albums I own are Beck, and They Might Be Giants.

  Greg Egan

  Artist, Years, Giants

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• These are very difficult times for new artists. Back in the day, a hit song could really seep into a person's DNA with radio and MTV. A hit today is not the same as a hit twenty years ago. Now there is so much competition, it is very hard to reach the people. The music scene is so overly saturated. There are no gatekeepers like there used to be.

  Vivian Campbell

  Song, Artist, Dna

  "DEF LEPPARD Guitarist: Music Piracy Is Not A Bad Thing For Bands Like Us". Interview with Dana Feldman, www.blabbermouth.net. June 30, 2011.

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• Enjoy it - making music is a wonderful way to spend your life.. but do it for the love before a career... it's getting so unforgiving out there - I hate to think of the obstacles in the way now for new artists.. if you love it and you are good, you will be fine.. but be prepared to have to work hard and don't judge your success by other peoples opinions.. have self belief.

  Nigel Godrich

  Hate, Hard Work, Love Is

  "Atoms For Peace, Thom Yorke & Nigel Godrich". "Ask Me Anything", www.reddit.com.

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• I would hate to be a new artist or writer in town today. But somehow the cream continues to rise. If there's one who's great, he just jumps out of the pack like you can't believe.

  Steven Curtis Chapman

  Hate, Believe, Artist

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• As a new artist, you come out, and there are so many other new artists. It seems like there's a whole wave of new artists that come along every year. In '05, I was part of the crop. It was a lot harder trying to set myself apart from the rest of the pack.

  Jason Aldean

  Artist, Years, Trying

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• As a new artist - I don't care who you talk to - I think everyone would agree, it's hard to get your expectations right.

  Hunter Hayes

  Artist, Thinking, Expectations

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• I'm a big fan of certain new acts. I love any genre of music, and I think it's really great to see that there are new artists coming through. It's kinda funny to think that I'm like the old man on campus now. But I'm really happy for groups like One Direction. I think they're really good guys.

  Joe Jonas

  Artist, Men, Thinking

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• It's so different now coming out as a new artist today than it was when I came out almost ten years ago. Now, it's all about singles, it's really quick, it's online. I came out when people sold records and they still do today but - I don't know what the key is.

  Avril Lavigne

  Artist, Years, Keys

  "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, edition.cnn.com. April 20, 2011.

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• The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.

  Patti Smith

  Communication, Artist, Hollywood

  "'Even as a child, I felt like an alien'". Interview with Simon Reynolds, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2005.

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• Everything we do helps the new artists in the long run.

  Ice T

  Running, Artist, Long

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• Not even the most powerful organs of the press, including Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times, can discover a new artist or certify his work and make it stick. They can only bring you the scores.

  Thomas Wolfe

  Time, Art, New York

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• I felt like I was definitely robbed, and I refuse to give any politically correct bullshit ass comment. I was the best new artist this year.

  Kanye West

  Artist, Rapper, Years

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• I feel like that I'm learning all the time. I'm learning from new artists, from established artists... every time I listen to '70s rock 'n' roll records, I'm learning. And I think that I'm just now starting to get a hold on what I do.

  Tim McGraw

  Artist, Thinking, Rocks

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• Derek Trucks is a real good new artist. He's a young guy.

  Johnny Winter

  Real, Artist, Guy

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• As a new artist there's always outside influences trying to tell you how to make a song better for radio and how to do your hair.

  Josh Groban

  Song, Artist, Hair

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