I just feel if you are an artist, you always have something to prove, if you are in music or in films, you have to prove that you can still do your best.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You always have to work to become a better singer, songwriter and performer.
Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I commend the guys that do. I've done it. But I also think that you can pick great songs outside that you didn't write that can help your career.
Most artists don't understand what they do, and I don't think we have to. Other people do that better - they understand what I do better than I do!
The question is not... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path I have set for myself, if I am the best I can be in the things I do. Am I living up to the reasons I became a singer in the first place?
You just have to know that the more successful you get as an artist, the less of a normal life you have. It's a trade-off.
Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It... keeps us honest.
It's like half the campaign of selling a record is trying to convince people that you're an artist. Well, I am an artist. This is what I do.
Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn't mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize.
Art isn't held with the same high regard as it is after success. In any country, in any language, you're a loser if you're making music until you prove otherwise.
To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.