Solo Artist Quotes & Sayings

My art and my self-expression in any form has always been an attempt towards sincerity, honesty, and empathy for others. For a multitude of reasons both professional and personal I no longer feel that this is possible within [Crystal Castles]. Although this is the end of the band, I hope my fans will embrace me as a solo artist in the same way they have embraced Crystal Castles. — Alice Glass

I'm very honest about the things I struggle with and I need to work on to survive as a solo artist. — Aubrey O'Day

I cannot exist as a solo artist. — Courtney Love

For me as a solo artist, I never want to be a nostalgia act. — Bret Michaels

I never envisioned myself as a solo artist; I was always part of a band. — Jenny Lewis

I don't have to ask anyone's permission to do anything. It's nice not have to get decisions out of three, sometimes four people, which can be like pulling teeth. So the amount of control that I have over what I'm doing is better for me as a solo artist. — Graham Nash

I have to be my own artist. I need the world to know who I am, especially for music. When it comes to acting, that is a whole other story. I have no complaints; that's a team effort. It's not just me, it's everyone. But when it comes to music, it is solo; that's all me. — Mitchel Musso

When you're a solo artist and you have a band on tour you have to pay the band some salary. You don't realise the expenses, the way they add up SO quickly. But thank god I'm not a money person. So it doesn't really bug me at all, I mean it's more comical to me ... — Marnie Stern

It's silly to call me the new Ed Sheeran. He can fill stadiums as a solo artist, but I'm not like that. — James Bay

Everything that Eddie has said about me is the total opposite of what really happened. Eddie says I wanted to be a solo artist. No, Eddie wanted to be a solo artist. — Sammy Hagar

I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad. — Glenn Frey

I love a lot of the young, new artists who are coming up, including Adele. I suppose anybody would freak out to work with her. To be able to play a saxophone solo on one of her songs would be the most ultimate thing ever. — Dave Koz

I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist. — Natalie Maines

I never really followed the traditional route when it comes to what people probably expect as a solo artist goes, but that's just me. It's my own creative output and it's my expression. — Nick Carter

I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me. — John Legend

Someone's career that I admire would have to be Justin Timberlake's because he started off on Disney and he made this huge film career and huge solo music career. I really respect him as an artist. — Victoria Justice

I've been a solo artist for a year now, and I think I should start thinking about the future now. Every spare time I get, I want to be in the studio and work on music for 2015. It's a lot of work. — Shane Filan

I've never really had the desire to be a front person or a solo artist. I don't really create that much of a hierarchy in my mind. — Adam Schlesinger

I'm just so glad that I have other members. If I was a solo artist, I don't think I would have been able to make it this far, nor would I have been able to handle it. The members are my energizers, my vitamin, my strength. — Kim Tae-yeon

People sometimes ask if I want to be a solo artist, but it just wouldn't be any fun being on your own. — Liam Payne

I hate the solo artist aspect of rock-'n'-roll. I don't have enough personality or charisma to be a solo star. — Dave Grohl

Over the years, I was never really driven to become a solo artist, but I was curious to find out who I was as an individual creative person. It's taken some time, but now I feel I've truly paid my dues. I guess I'm at a point now where I'm more comfortable in my own skin. — Annie Lennox

I really wasn't planning on being a solo artist. — Juicy J

I'm also performing regularly in Southern California with two bands. As a solo artist doing acoustic sets and a member of the Jenerators, my rock n roll band that has been around for a long time now. — Bill Mumy

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member. — Tommy Shaw

A band has a certain responsibility to work songs for years and stick to rules more. A solo artist can just do whatever they want, and also present themselves as somebody who's just singing about their life. — Christopher Owens

The only thing that's better in a group versus being by yourself is the companionship. You have to do a lot of thing by yourself as a solo artist. But it's cool. It's worth it. — Tinashe

Unnur Birna is a Reykjavik-based violinist and singer. She has performed as a session musician with countless Icelandic and international artists while recording and appearing as a solo artist as well. Unnur has joined me as an unpaid guest on a few Icelandic shows in recent years, so it is a great pleasure to return the favour and appear on one of her songs at last. This new track, Sunshine, came about in Italy, written as an ode to sunlight and happiness after fleeing the dark winter in Iceland — Ian Anderson

Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already. — Cy Coleman

But in my mind I've always been a solo artist- I've just been working with a lot of great people like Kanye and Alicia Keys and Jay-Z. — John Legend

I think that this stage in my life is really, for a lot of reasons, pretty incredible. Being a solo artist and trying to take these bold steps on my own. — Nick Jonas

I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo artist or whoever. — Chris Martin

As a singer-songwriter, a solo artist with a guitar, I can only write so many weepie little bedroom songs. — James Bay

Being a solo artist is what I do. It's what I've been doing for the last 20 years and a bit before then. — David Gilmour

When I'm sick of myself, and when I don't know what to say as a solo artist, I can write a song for a movie. When I don't know where to turn musically, being in a band - Rilo Kiley or Jenny & Johnny - the collaborative nature is really exciting. — Jenny Lewis

I was never the one that really wanted to be a solo artist, I was always in groups. — Tweet

I discovered that it was a lonely world being a solo artist. Then I started working with another solo artist, Rod Stewart, and he used to tell me how lonely he was! — Andy Taylor

Presidents have to be very organized to govern successfully, and solo artists rarely succeed. — Douglas Holtz-Eakin

I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit. — Obie Trice

I wish I started out as a solo artist. — Darlene Love

I think there is more creative freedom as a solo artist by far because you might get a group push back on an idea because it's more of a democratic process. You can sink or swim on your own ideas on a solo project. — Myka 9

Working as a solo artist has given me a confidence that I didn't have with Blondie. — Debbie Harry

I've known the glory of the stage and the glory of the spotlight. I still crave it. I want to be on 'American Bandstand' and 'Soul Train' as a solo artist. As a producer, songwriter and arranger, I help other artists say what they want to say. But on my records, I say what I want to say. — Narada Michael Walden

That is the true joy of being a solo artist. I can do whatever I want. I can go wherever I want. I can show up with my guitar and my song, and it can sound a hundred different ways. That's the freedom of being on your own. The flipside is: That's you on the cover. If it sucks, it's your fault. — Jenny Lewis

I never imagined I'd be a solo artist. And now I couldn't imagine being part of a group. — Morrissey

The greatest compliment I ever got was when people called me an artist, and I understand that solo aspect of being an artist, when you're in there by yourself, trying to do something great, and people who don't even know you can come up and just dump on you. — John McEnroe

I'm on a mission to make people aware that I'm not a solo artist. I'm sometimes challenged by the branding of Tim Crouch. — Tim Crouch

If I'm going to go out to be a solo artist, it's because I want to do something different without having to wait on someone else's schedule or hobbies or be limited by other people's prejudices. I'd be kind of stupid not to exercise that. — Chris Cornell

I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if I wasn't a big solo artist. — Merry Clayton

I get a little sick of myself as a solo artist. I get a little bit bored. — Juliana Hatfield

What is so important is that you play for the artist and for the record and for the song ... everything else falls into place ... my solo has to be a complement to the singer and the song ... — James Burton

I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist. — Alvin Lee

The expectation on me as a solo artist is very different to the audience's expectation of a Pink Floyd show. — David Gilmour

Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist. — John Legend

In modern times we are often encouraged to protect our ego-force and individuality by securing a private world in which to develop our unique artistic voice. Many artists find themselves solo-paddling along a private and unchallenging river ... Could rivalry be a productive system? — Sara Genn

I think I would prefer to partner with someone once I've established what I actually am trying to do as a solo artist with my actual name. — Michelle Chamuel

Unique is what one person does alone. What is not unique is what others have to collaborate on. — Shannon L. Alder

EVERY SINGLE DANCER, SINGER and BAND MEMBER is a BRILLIANT SOLO ARTIST — Ben Brantley

Each individual's success as a solo artist is pretty much a win for the whole team. — Frank Ocean