Somehow, the French got this idea of the starving artist. Very romantic, except it's not so romantic for the starving artist.
David Lynch
I've always been interested in how fast-moving our identity is and that I've never been able to pin down who I truly am. That inspires me to... →
Marina and the Diamonds
Everybody is different. Some people like to share more. I just wouldn't want to spoil someone's opinion of me by them knowing me as a person... →
I actually quite like promo, which is quite odd for an artist, but recording's not the easiest thing.
You know what, if you compromise and do stuff that's not becoming to you as an artist, that's your fault.
I thought for a long time that I was going to be a pop artist. It was around 18-19 that I started to make that a reality. I just knew that this was... →
Actually, I think that a lot of the interviews and acoustic sessions and other things that artists fill their time with are really pointless and suck... →
As an artist, you want to play around with mediums and see if you can get the point across in different way.
M.I.A.
I don't consider myself a musician. I'm an artist.
I was part of the generation that pushed the Internet. In fact, I broke as an artist in the U.S.A. because of the Internet.