Top 40 Solo Artist Quotes

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.

My primary goal is to be a solo artist releasing original music.

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.

The biggest challenge was the whole learning curve of being solo artist. I’ve been in bands for so long that being a solo artist was completely new thing.

Actually, the whole thing of being a solo artist has been such a learning process for me. Since I departed from my previous band, NIGHTWISH, it was the whole beginning of my career, there was stuff in the air. I had to learn so much.

I think I’ll continue to work as a solo artist.

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.

I can show my characteristics and musical colors both as a member of Bigbang and as a solo artist.

I think the real exciting part about becoming a solo artist is that you get to really decide on what your new sound and what your new message will be.

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

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

I think fans acknowledged the effort I have made as a solo artist and as a member of Bigbang throughout the years. It is a very humbling yet gratifying achievement for me.

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

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.

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.

Now that I’m coming out with my own record people can see I’m a solo artist.

To put my name on a track as a solo artist was a big deal to me. There was no band to act as a buffer.

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.

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.

I’m very honest about the things I struggle with and I need to work on to survive as a solo artist.

I’m not a solo artist. I love to collaborate.

It’s just that as a solo artist, I have more burden and responsibilities on my shoulders.

I really wasn’t planning on being a solo artist.

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.

I mean, being a solo artist is very different than being a member of a band. It’s absolutely different. The whole situation is very different – situations where you can’t really compare, it’s so very different. But I found happiness.

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.

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

As a solo artist, my desire is to express myself through my music.

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

The reason I decided to become a solo artist in the first place was because I always felt that the results that I got from working as a team where everyone had equal say… ended up with compromised, watered-down results.

I enjoy singing but I lack the proper training to make it as a solo artist. Instead, I feel I’ve found my niche with acting.

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

I fought doing dance music as a solo artist for a long time. I always thought there was a ceiling with it.

I walked into Relativity Records as a musician who could not be taken advantage of. That’s why I wound up owning all my own publishing and making a deal that was quite advantageous for a new solo artist. But I really didn’t think of myself as an entrepreneur.

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.

It was never going to be easy transitioning from a band to being a solo artist but I accepted that right from the beginning. I’m proud of my work and how I’ve evolved as artist.

I am so blessed to do what I love to do, but becoming a solo artist terrified me!

You don’t know that you’re not a solo artist or standup comedian or drag cabaret artist until you try it.

I see myself as a composer who plays music and likes to play with other people, and not just as a solo artist.

In f(x), when I’m doing K-pop, that’s cool – that’s our concept. But me, as a solo artist, I’m just me. I’m gonna wear my jeans, my Jordans, and I’m just gonna be a little stupid on stage.