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A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.

An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something that will eclipse everything else.

There are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead.

If you do the same thing every night, that's the death of music.

Many artists give up after a while.

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.

What we have as artists is the immortalization opportunity that others don't have, because our work is lasting; it's there forever to view.

I think the death knell for any musician is getting a job that you like and pays enough that you just stay there forever.

I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.