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I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.

I can't really see myself as an artist. Now, to step out here and there, do it when I feel like it, that's a possibility. But for me to be a full-fledged, full-time artist in the industry, I don't think so.

I think that as an artist, the more that you can do to diversify, and kind of challenge yourself, the more you grow.

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.

I don't use the word 'artists' lightly.

It's really easy to project this whole ideology of what being an artiste is, and I'm just not down with intellectualizing it. I just think, if you feel like doing something, then do it.

It's true that there are people who live the idea of being an artist, as opposed to the idea of making art.

All artists are people of growth. It's like food, you take the good and leave the rest.

I think all any artist or person wants to do is grow spiritually, emotionally, professionally and mentally.