Controversial Artists Quotes

My favourite singers are people like R. Kelly and people like that.

Depending on your political orientation, the Dixie Chicks are either the great defenders of free speech or American traitors.

Die Antwoord is super pop. It's a pop music.

Roger Ballen is pretty much a member of Die Antwoord, it would be safe to say.

Some people say we're (Coldplay) talented and some say we're the worst thing ever to happen to music, and it's a bit confusing being in the middle of that.

All Die Antwoord music, on a weird level, is like relationship music.

When I first came to New York, in the '70s, artists were certainly divided about the Andy Warhol persona, and about the work. I thought it was utterly cool - I thought the Factory was utterly glamorous - but there were a lot of artists I really admired and respected who were older that kind of dismissed it, couldn't get it, and felt that there was a lack of seriousness about it.

All the best times in music were rebellious. I mean, even like Elvis, people didn't want their daughters paying attention to him. He was considered too sexual!