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I was delivering papers when I was, like, 10 or 11, and I'd always daydream about being an artist as a full-time thing. Flume

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It's tough when you're an artist because you get to go around the world and make a lot of friends, but guess what? One day, all these people that you love are going to die, from DJ Mehdi to DJ Dusk to J Dilla to Austin Peralta to DJ Rashad. Flying Lotus

Kendrick is a true genius artist. Flying Lotus

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The shelf life of an artist or musician isn't particularly long. Frances Bean Cobain

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I love strong looks, so to me, no makeup is strong. As long as it makes a statement, that's what I like. The girls look very real, and I'm probably the only makeup artist who will say that I love a woman without makeup. Francois Nars

I wanted to be a make up artist. I did it, and the road that I took was quite good. Francois Nars

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I'm not going to talk about Picasso. I have done my duty to those memories. I have had a great career as an artist myself, you know. I'm not here just because I've spent time with Picasso. Francoise Gilot

The first four and a half years was me in the studio every day, writing songs for other people. I had jobs, too - eleven jobs. I worked at Kinko's, Fatburger, Subway - I was a sandwich artist - and I was a claims processor at Allstate Insurance. Frank Ocean

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If I had to pick an artist that I look up to and am inspired by, it's Matisse because of how many times he would paint the same idea until he felt like he maybe got it right, and I try to do the same thing with my writing. Frankie Cosmos

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It's good for people to be able to see an archive of an artist learning how to write and getting better, especially for teenagers who are starting to write: to see that I started out making pretty easy and weird and bad-sounding music and that you can teach yourself how to write over a long period of time. Frankie Cosmos

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Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny. Franz Liszt

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I'd want to direct a video for Yoko Ono. As long as I got to work with Yoko Ono someday, I'd be really happy. I just think she's such a great artist - it would just be so nice. Fred Armisen

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The way James Franco goes to new projects, he does it the way an artist should, which is with a question mark. Like, will this work? Fred Armisen

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Can a great artist be mean-spirited, grasping, harsh to his family, violent in his emotions, vindictive in his hatreds, an all-purpose scoundrel? If our test cases are the likes of Wagner, Picasso, and, let me say, Dickens, the answer is a resounding yes. Fred Kaplan

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I don't know if I'm a populist artist, but I do try to maintain a spirit of generosity. Fred Tomaselli

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Every project might only sell like 30 to 50,000, but I mean, I'm getting seven, eight dollars every CD. I make more money per record than an artist on a major label - I can definitely say that. Freddie Gibbs

I'm so hands-on and involved in my own music that I feel like if I put the same effort into another artist, then I can definitely cultivate something great. Freddie Gibbs

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For just being a black artist in rock n' roll and be able to step outside and create, and make great music. And just be different. Just a different breed. And that's what I love about Jimi Hendrix's music - the way he plays the guitar is so different. He's just an icon all around. Future

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If I'm the biggest artist in the world, cool, but I want to just be me. Future

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I'm not just a hip-hop artist; I feel like I'm a rock star. Future

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I'm not trying to feed off of a concept that another artist had - that's not what I do. Future

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I think every artist's next work will reflect a new chapter in their autobiography. Each album tells a story about where they were at during a particular period and how they have evolved. G-Eazy

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