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You're an artist when you're writing, a businessperson the rest of the time.

To be an artist, you need to play inside your work.

I'm a commercial artist, both in music and art.

I'm kind of floating out there as an artist. I'm in a safe place where I can play a girlfriend or a best friend or a mommy or a lawyer, but a huge part of me is unused. I'm classically trained, historically inclined and somewhat revolutionary by nature, so I'm frustrated as an artist.

I've been in this business for a long while, but it's not like I've been waiting tables. Since I started writing, I've only worked on things that I love. I've had a lot of heartbreak, but you don't become an artist and not expect that.

Being an artist is being at the service of yourself; I am at the service of other people.

I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in the music business.

Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.