"I'm in a position I never imagined I'd be in as a musician. Bob Dylan built an audience through recording and live shows. The opportunities for an artist today are totally different."

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Source : "Ben Sollee Interview | Activism by cello? On a bike?". Interview with Amanda Taylor, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

Ben Sollee

#Artist Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Musician Quotes

“The prosperity of a country can be seen simply in how it treats its old people.”
“It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.”
“My morality and faith are choices. My sexual orientation however isn't.”
“As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites.”
“To remain static is to lose ground.”
“Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.”
“The artist isn't particularly keen on getting a thing done, as you call it. He gets his pleasure out of doing it, playing with it, fooling with it, if you like. The mere completion of it is an incident.”

Source : William McFee (1921). “Harbours of Memory”
“I was in disbelief that Iâ€™d just explained my dreary life to this bizarre, beautiful boy who may or may not despise me. Bella Swan”

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