My experience in the music industry made me very thick-skinned. Your art is something very personal and there's never a shortage of critics when it comes to art.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Criticism really used to hurt me. Most of these critics are usually frustrated artists, and they criticise other people's art because they can't do it themselves. It's a really disgusting job. They must feel horrible inside.
Music is art, and once you become an artist, you need to learn how to accept criticism.
I've had so much positive reaction and emotional fulfillment from the creation of my art and sharing it with everyday people that I never paid too much attention to the opinion of critics.
I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.
You always feel like rock critics are frustrated musicians. I envy musicians their ability to live their art and share it with an audience, in the moment.
My critics are pretty tough. I've never been one of the music industry's pets.
People have told me that other artists have been influenced by my music, and it's flattering. It's a wonderful thing.
I'm still trying to discover my position on my own artwork and hopefully at this exhibition someone will come and tell me. I'm open to listening to criticism.
I'm vulnerable to criticism. Any artist is, because you work alone in your studio and, until recently, critics were the only way you'd get any feedback.
Art editors and critics - people like me - have become a courtier class.