Artist Fame Quotes

This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.

People in the media, it makes their day when someone they say is a five-star artist goes platinum.

I personally think Miles Davis is a lot funnier than me. And he's working more.

Clem had made it known that Pollock was a great painter.

Singles, whatever. But selling a million albums feels like an impossible thing to do.

I'm just happy that a couple folks still know my name, and that I'm still able to sell out venues when I perform live.

I photograph artists, and some of them are very well known, but if you ask the average man on the street, 'Do you like Anselm Kiefer?' He would stare at you with a blank stare, because these are not celebrities. They are celebrated in a specific circle.

I own works by women artists; it is hard for me to see, literally to see, how women and men differ in the quality of their work. Why are women artists less known and less admired?

I feel like Drake could literally put out anything - like, the sound of seagulls over a beat - and it could be the Number One song on Spotify.

Of course, the kids who had never heard of a person called Ben E. King were then aware of the name associated with the song. That gave a tremendous lift to me as an artist.

Being a recording artist and having thousands of people listening to your music and singing your songs, and paying for it? It feels great!

I understand popular entertainment better than anyone. I want to have the world's No. 1 tennis player, the hottest movie, the biggest artist.

It's pretty amazing to me that my first hit record was an Elvis Presley record.

I have a fan base that some people say is equal to that of signed artists' maybe even more.

A young artist can become popular more quickly with the Internet providing instant access to one's work.

If someone has given a hit in the industry, and everyone talks about the song and artist, that's a hit.

I'm making records, my fans they can't wait. They write me letters, tell me I'm great.

It's really hard to know why certain artists become famous and others don't.

I was a 10 million-plus selling artist.

The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2.

When I do shows, I take pictures and make the fans feel like family. All of that really matters. That's the cheat code if you ain't got a hit.