You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it's U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they're gonna be products of their environment.
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A lot of very popular mainstream artists are products of record companies and marketing companies, and any time anyone can stand outside of that, that's interesting.
So many artists try to be something that they're not.
Artists are like everybody else.
Artists are very young, and say, Um, ok, to these industry dudes.
Artists change how we see the world - and that can have value in the way people do business.
I love the beginnings of artists when all they've got is raw talent and nothing else.
You know, for a long time I have been of the opinion that artists don't necessarily know what they're doing. You don't necessarily know what kind of universal concept you're tapping into.
We're in conversations with brands worldwide for a variety of artists every day.
I've never been able to understand where great artists come from.
Great artists are the ones who have put their entire selves out there to be adored, humiliated, to be picked at, cherished, all of those things, and haven't shied away from that.