Raheem DeVaughn Quotes

I suppose we'll make money off our album and our singles and stuff, but, like, they were made as we wanted them, exactly with what we had to say, and done exactly how we wanted them, right? And, like, we didn't put them out to make money. We put them out because we wanted to do them, do you know what I mean?

I would rather fall flat on my face than try to just make a quick dollar by making music that fits into the radio format right now. It does nothing for me.

You have kids studying master class visual arts who are pushed to make films that will be successful economically; that's what they focus on. So they work for corporate interest instead of artistic expression.

Putting out commercial pieces and promoting them and trying to sell them to people is not necessarily what it means to be an artist.

As an artist, you want to make good stories and create good art; as a businessman, you want to make money and make sure the investors are happy. The two will always clash, unfortunately.

If I wanted to make money I would have written another novel.

Yet I never want to make a movie purely for the money.

I won't make a movie for money ever again.

In the whole course of our work at the theatre we have been, I may say, drenched with advice by friendly people who for years gave us the reasons why we did not succeed... All their advice, or at least some of it, might have been good if we had wanted to make money, to make a common place of amusement.

There was a point I could have just churned out the spot and spin paintings for ever and laughed all the way to the bank.

If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right.

Miley Cyrus is about making money. Amanda Palmer is about making art.

At the same time, I definitely want to expand my fan base but not at the expense of prostituting my music or heart.

I don't want to be in somebody else's movie, and then they make all the money. I've gotten offers to do the movies, but I won't sell myself short and be in somebody else's movie, like 'Boyz N the Hood.' I don't think I woulda done that.

It has nothing to do with commercial success. You cannot calculate in your head how to put the mosaic together to make a commercial film: that's out of the question.

A lot of times, when artists are rushing to put out projects, it's on some financial tip because they want to make money. But for me, I'm not in any rush.

It's important to make art that you intended to make. If it gets compromised later, that's not a good thing.

There's certain artists that are meant to have certain paths and go the way of the corporate world. And then there are artists who are artists.

If you're making music strictly to make money, you might as well find another job.

I would never refuse a film or do a film for a certain amount of money.

Some musicians feel they have to provide what their audiences expect. They lose the distinction between an artist and an entertainer. I am not an entertainer.

I feel like trying to write a song in order to be a big hit is just not something I'm interested in because it's not going to come from an authentic place of expression.

As a creative individual, I really go out of my way to avoid the corporate scene in terms of songwriting. If the first question is how much money is it going to make, I'm going to be in trouble anyway.

I don't make films for critics, and I'm not particularly interested in what they have to say, and they don't have a bearing on my audiences.

You can have integrity with your art, but worrying about integrity doesn't pay the bills.