Cory Hardrict Quotes

As a performer, there was nobody better than Morrissey.

People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits.

The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.

People who take risks like Amy Winehouse and Norah Jones take a second to catch on, but eventually they do because they're different and honest in a musical landscape that's not always like that.

Kendrick Lamar is the real deal. He's a real artist, and he's gonna be here for awhile because this guy is seriously talented.

It's an honour to have been invited to perform in India for 'Vh1 Hip Hop Hustle.' This only reconfirms the impact Hip Hop culture and music has made globally.

Jackie Chan is so international. Everywhere you go, people know who he is. I hope I can be like that one day too - to be an actor that represents Asia to the world.

God no longer simply stands before us as the One who is totally Other. He is within us, and we are in him. His dynamic enters into us and then seeks to spread outward to others until it fills the world, so that his love can truly become the dominant measure of the world.

Artistic honesty sometimes prevents an artist from being born.

If you are an artist and you are honest, you are never good enough.

I don't need to edit names out of songs and I don't need to edit details out of my songs because I've always been able to be honest with my music. That's the one place where I'm never ever going to change how I do things.

When I decided to be a musician I was hoping that it would be one of my contributions in having a positive impact on the world. That's always what I wanted to do.

The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.

...the people at large absolutely gave James Brown respect. He was an original like a Rembrandt or a Picasso

We are always impacting the world...through our presence, energy, interactions - what kind of impact are we having?

The painter who is content with the praise of the world for what does not satisfy himself, is not an artist, but an artisan; for though his reward be only praise, his pay is that of a mechanic.

My job is not done. I address my songs now to the third world. I am popular all over Asia and Africa and the Middle East, not to speak of South Africa, where I'm trying to go to see Nelson Mandela.

Drawing is the honesty of the art.

It's unfortunately true that if you mess up a single detail of the art world the whole thing seems false, and most writers are not in a position to get the details right, because they don't hang around with artists. It's not something you can get the vague gist of. It's too specific.

Michael Jackson doesn't really belong on this planet. He's the most important figure in the history of music. He'll be remembered far longer than George Bush will. 200 years from now, people will be talking about Michael Jackson, and no one's going to mention George Bush.

He [Prince] changed the world!!A true visionary.What a loss.I'm devastated.

I think everybody in my generation, we wanted to be Elvis.

But if you want to change the world, don't be afraid of the circuses.

Shakespeare is not our poet, but the world's.

Every authentic artist is engaged in this creating of the conscience of the race, even though he or she may be unaware of the fact.