Humble Artist Quotes

I'm a pointillist, just working my tiny little piece of the canvas. I'm not so good at perspective.

I was an artist, but not a self-proclaimed great artist, just a common man who was working in a form of art which is universal.

But I'm not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a.

I just play music, you know what I mean? That's what I want to spend my time talking about.

I'm a Christian, but I'm just an artist. I'm a musician.

I'm nothing else but an artist, I'm sure, and delighted to be.

I don't want to be known for anything other than writing songs.

The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel.

But you have to understand that I consider myself a very modest artist, or whatever, and not of importance really at all - it is quite embarrassing to me to be asked my opinion about things. I am only a wee Scottish poet on the outside of everything.

We do this for the art, not the adulation. I'd rather our music get liked and we get ignored. I don't want to be adored for anything other than the music.

Music has done much more for me than I have for music.

I don't consider myself a great drummer. I consider myself just a music fan that's a very, very passionate artist, and the drums just happen to be my instrument.