Artist Behavior Quotes

I remember Bumpy Knuckles came in wearing all mink everything and said, 'Yo, when I spit my verse, I gotta pull my guns out and aim them.' He was serious! I told him that I was going to duck in the event that those guns accidentally went off. He pulled out the twin glocks, spit his verse in one take and said, 'I've got a meeting to go to' and left!

I know nothing about hip-hop... There's only so many times you can grab your crotch and prance around stage. I'm gonna get slammed now for this.

I think we musicians are emissaries. Every time we go before the public, we're there to make converts. We can either be ugly and contemptuous in our behavior, which will turn people off, or else we can carry ourselves with dignity and pride.

I think these days, new artists have a tendency to try to cut corners.

Quentin Tarantino is a hip-hop artist. I told him, 'You're hip-hop!' You keep seeing surprises, and a clip here and there, because Quentin is hip-hop. A hip-hop artist will drop a single, leak something over here, and drop something over there 'cause he knows it's hot. He's on the spot with the way he does things.

Drugs and sex go hand in hand when you're a rock and roll musician. Whereas if I were a violinist, it might be a little different.

Especially in hip-hop, no one takes responsibility for their actions.

The sociability of artists is a paradoxical and precarious thing, and ceases the instant they begin their actual artistic work.

Great artists are modest almost as seldom as they are faithful to their wives.

A good artist's always got his hand in his zipper.

Most people do their shows and get the hell out, and don't even care about the fans.

I don't know many artists who are not crazy.

Music might tame and civilize wild beasts, but 'tis evident it never yet could tame and civilize musicians.

I've made money, and I've been ripped off. I've had creative freedom, and I've been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.

There were a lot of great acts at Motown, and some of them were hard to get along with.

There were times in the past that I got angry at some members of the press whose writings greatly disrupted my serious pursuit of art and my behavior as an artist.

I never for a moment believed they would perform at 10 o'clock in the morning. It's hard enough getting them to perform at 8 at night.

I don't listen to my own music at home.

Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole.

Being in The Fall isn't like being in another group. It isn't a holiday. A lot of musicians are really hard to deal with. They aren't as smart as me.

All musicians and artists - we all got quirks that have to be put up with at certain times.