We’ve sourced some of the most interesting and thought-provoking New Artist Quotes from Gary Burton, Mura Masa, Curtis Jackson, John Prine, Big Boi. Each of the following quotes is overflowing with creativity, and knowledge.
It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, ‘Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar player?’ It keeps you reaching.
The way streaming is going, this movement in the market of music would suggest that doing a long-form project, especially for a new artist like me – someone who relies on a lot of digital following – it would make more sense for me to release the songs individually.
The new artist is meeting the general public before they meet the record company. They’re able to put the material on YouTube and have a million views before they even meet an executive at a record company, and get the deal based on that.
My first Grammy nomination? I was 24 – I was nominated for best new artist of the year.
The way to judge a new artist is by listening to their albums and gauging the progress that they make from the first record to the next one.
You’re only a new artist one time, and I can just say I’m so blessed. I feel so inspired to do other things, to be so much more.
The first award I ever won was for Best New Artist from the ACMs, so they always will hold a special place in my heart.
It wasn’t supposed to work – being a new artist, a female artist, an artist on an independent. That’s what made it so much sweeter when we hit No. 1.
All my life, I was even just wanted to attend the Grammys, like, just be there, so the fact that I’m nominated for Best New Artist, it feels like a dream.
When it comes to best new artist or album or song of the year, yeah, it’s very rare that you see someone in country win one of those. It’s a very strong genre, and it’s got roots so deep in our culture. I think the pool of voters listen more to pop and R&B and hip-hop. Those seem to be the major contenders.
Being a new artist, I was trying to make a good album and hope that people like Kool Moe Dee and Melle Mel and some of the firstborns appreciated it. I was being influenced by them brothers there. That’s where I got my start and my first listen.
I am probably the oldest new artist Sony has ever signed.
My first Grammy nomination? I was 24 – I was nominated for best new artist of the year.
The way to judge a new artist is by listening to their albums and gauging the progress that they make from the first record to the next one.
Shy Carter helped me write ‘One Call Away.’ He is a brand new artist. I really want to help jumpstart his career because I think he’s super-talented.
Being a new artist, I was trying to make a good album and hope that people like Kool Moe Dee and Melle Mel and some of the firstborns appreciated it. I was being influenced by them brothers there. That’s where I got my start and my first listen.
I’m a really new artist here. I would say that my style is an artist who can dance and sing. That’s why my album is really upbeat. Maybe we will try slowly to do ballads or middle tempo songs.
When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every new artist, an old one didn’t have to be pushed out.
When I came up, there was room for the new and the old. For every new artist, an old one didn’t have to be pushed out.
Mustard believes in me so much. It’s good to have a mentor that’s been through it. Even though he’s a producer, he’s been a new artist.
If a new artist wants to put out some sort of off-the-wall, crazy deep ballad about the sun or whatever, it might be hard to get traction. It’s so much easier for someone established to put out a really heartfelt, deep song and get it played in radio.
It keeps me in touch with younger musicians who are constantly saying, ‘Have you heard this new artist, or this new guitar player?’ It keeps you reaching.
As a new artist there’s always outside influences trying to tell you how to make a song better for radio and how to do your hair.
I would hate to be a new artist or writer in town today. But somehow the cream continues to rise. If there’s one who’s great, he just jumps out of the pack like you can’t believe.
As a new artist there’s always outside influences trying to tell you how to make a song better for radio and how to do your hair.
The biggest challenge, I think for any new artist, is patience.
Nowadays you need so much money to be able to launch a new artist, notably in America; you would hardly believe the sums involved.
I knew it would happen. I knew I’d be No. 1. I’m a new artist; I don’t know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn’t happen.
Just to be nominated, and especially as a new artist and a female artist, is a feat. Winning anything is just a bonus.
The biggest challenge, I think for any new artist, is patience.
It used to be that labels would spend two or three or four albums developing a new artist before they threw in the towel and moved on, which kind of gave the artist an opportunity to grow.
Not even the most powerful organs of the press, including Time, Newsweek, and The New York Times, can discover a new artist or certify his work and make it stick. They can only bring you the scores.
You’re only a new artist one time, and I can just say I’m so blessed. I feel so inspired to do other things, to be so much more.
It used to be that labels would spend two or three or four albums developing a new artist before they threw in the towel and moved on, which kind of gave the artist an opportunity to grow.
It’s so different now coming out as a new artist today than it was when I came out almost ten years ago. Now, it’s all about singles, it’s really quick, it’s online. I came out when people sold records and they still do today but – I don’t know what the key is.
When I see a new artist I give myself a lot of time to reflect and decide whether it’s art or not.
I’m new to a lot of people, and I don’t think anyone wants to listen to 16 tracks of a new artist.
All my life, I was even just wanted to attend the Grammys, like, just be there, so the fact that I’m nominated for Best New Artist, it feels like a dream.
Each day I record I’m always doing something different that I’ve never done. So I feel like I’m a new artist every time I go to the studio.
I knew it would happen. I knew I’d be No. 1. I’m a new artist; I don’t know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn’t happen.
When you’re, like, 190 pounds, dark-skinned, and a new artist that no one really cares about, people don’t really take the time to make you look beautiful.
We were thrilled when we were nominated for best new artist at the Grammys, but we were even more so when they asked us to play live.
It wasn’t supposed to work – being a new artist, a female artist, an artist on an independent. That’s what made it so much sweeter when we hit No. 1.
If you’re a new artist, practice your art and share it. Set up shop somewhere, whether it’s a street corner or a coffee shop. I got my start in a coffee shop that didn’t even have live music. I wanted to play in coffee shops that did have live music, but I didn’t have an audience.
We were thrilled when we were nominated for best new artist at the Grammys, but we were even more so when they asked us to play live.
If a new artist wants to put out some sort of off-the-wall, crazy deep ballad about the sun or whatever, it might be hard to get traction. It’s so much easier for someone established to put out a really heartfelt, deep song and get it played in radio.
I would hate to be a new artist or writer in town today. But somehow the cream continues to rise. If there’s one who’s great, he just jumps out of the pack like you can’t believe.
Just to be nominated, and especially as a new artist and a female artist, is a feat. Winning anything is just a bonus.
I’m new to a lot of people, and I don’t think anyone wants to listen to 16 tracks of a new artist.
I’ve been starting in new places year after year after year. It’s just like when I went to Greece or the Philippines. I love when people think I’m a new artist. It’s a chance to start over.
