Stevie Nicks Quotes

To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way.

There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.

I have a lot of written material, and all of it's different. Some records that I have are country, some pop, some alternative rock. I just write what I feel, so I can't specifically say. I just want to be an artist of truth and an artist that stays true to herself.

I feel like the point of being an artist is to have your own voice: to do it the way you would do it and not the way anyone else would do it. If you're a strong enough writer, then that voice is going to come out all the time, and I can't stop it from coming out, no matter what I do.

I feel like it's important, especially at young age, to find exactly what it is that makes your style so important as opposed to just trying to fit into the iconic styles of performers out there.

Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.

My act is based on my life.

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.

I think for an artist it's really important to have experiences, and I've had a lot of those. It's definitely inspired my lyrics and my style, even down to what I wear.

I feel, as an artist, I should be able to express who I am and the things I come from, and the places I want to also be.

My concepts are never bright ideas; they're never notions I think will sell or be trendy or attract new fans. I don't think that way. All I can do is sing from my life.

I want to be a poet and have a chance to explore that and let people know what's really on my mind.

There are two types of poets: People who write poetically about their lives, and poets that live poetically and write about it.

I know what my sound is. I'm just trying to get it out there how I can explain it. I'm not trying to write or put out some music that doesn't represent me.

I think every artist should follow their vision, their hearts is what they need to reveal, not something that society is looking out for.

If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.

All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on.

If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.

But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself.

My artistic manifesto exists in the world as poetry. So even though most of the things that I've done have been on other people's projects or could be pigeonholed in certain ways, that's not how I perceive myself.

My visual medium is my videos, and I've got to feel as though I can put my truth in that.

I think that anyone who is in any way creative or is creating something, whether an architect or fashion designer, I think if you have the opportunity to create something that is fully you, it frees your mind and your spirit and gives you the opportunity to really find yourself.

This goes for our songwriting as well as our success as a band - the minute we stopped chasing what we thought people wanted to hear and started writing things that moved us, that's when people started paying attention.

I consider myself first of all an artist. My work is about my creativity - why I create and not for whom.

As a performer, the thing you want the most is to be your authentic self.