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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Cool
Companionship
Solo
Versus
Worth It
Group
Solo Artist
The Only Thing
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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.
Amber Liu /
Jeans
Solo
Solo Artist
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I love pop songs so much and I don't put a ton of pressure on myself as a solo artist to always write the most commercial feeling thing, I just want to write things I would love to listen to.
Finneas /
Artist
Pressure
Solo
Love Myself Always
Commercial
Feeling
Put
Pop Songs
Solo Artist
Ton
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Solo
Spare Time
Work Future Time
Solo Artist
Spare
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As a solo artist, it's so easy to be lumped into a singer / songwriter genre and writing sleepy, sad songs that are very emotionally rich that mean a lot to you, and people just get kind of tired.
Anderson East /
Sad
Genre
Rich
Sleepy
Solo
Tired
Emotionally
Singer
Lumped
Sad Songs
Solo Artist
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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 / Actor
Band
California
Long Time
Performing
Solo
Time Long Long Time
Acoustic
Time Long Doing
Member
Rock
Regularly
Sets
Solo Artist
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I can be a little messy and wild and carefree with my creativity as a solo artist. In a group, there's a certain structure, and everyone has a part to play, and being a solo artist, I can do as I please.
Dawn Richard /
Carefree
Messy
Please
Solo
Wild
Solo Artist
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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.
St. Lucia / Musician
Results
Solo
Compromised
First Place
Solo Artist
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I honestly think if I had been a solo artist, it wouldn't have been as bad. Because I was being compared to three other girls, it made people have more of an opinion. If I had been on my own, there would be no one to compare to.
Jesy Nelson /
Girl
Artist
Compare
Honestly
My Own
Opinion
Solo
Three
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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.
Tarja Turunen /
Air
Band
Departed
Learning Process
Solo
Beginning
Previous
Solo Artist
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If you think of a solo artist, you normally know them by their name; you don't normally describe their kind of music. You just say, 'It's so and so, or it's so and so.' But with bands, everyone feels an obligation to categorize them.
Ian Gillan / Vocalist
Obligation
Solo
Categorize
Describe
Normally
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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.
Tarja Turunen /
Compare
Solo
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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 / Musician
Artist
Be Kind
Exercise
Hobbies
Solo
Stupid
Wait
Limited
Prejudices
Schedule
Solo Artist
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Sick
Solo
Collaborative
Johnny
Musically
Solo Artist
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Nice
People
Permission
Solo
Teeth
Decisions
Better Me People
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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.
Joe Satriani / Guitarist
Advantage
Entrepreneur
Musician
Publishing
Records
Relativity
Solo
Owning
Solo Artist
Wound
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'Beautiful' was something that I kept really close to my heart, that I kept from a lot of people for years and years. It's my story. And I think that was the first impression I needed to give to people as a solo artist. This is who I am; this is what I'm about.
Amber Liu /
First Impression
Impression
Solo
Solo Artist
Years And Years
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Artist
Creative Person
Curious
Driven
Paid
Solo
Taken
Years
Skin
Solo Artist
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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 / Drummer
Artist
Crave
Glory
Helping Others
Solo
Soul
Spotlight
Arranger
Bandstand
Producer
Solo Artist
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Different Ways
Hundred
Solo
Sucks
Cover
Solo Artist
Wherever
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The jingles saved my life. When I got hired to do that, I was on top. I finally was making a living doing what I loved. Before that, it was so bleak; it got so dark in L.A. I was 25, been living there for seven years trying to make it, and getting really close to getting signed with different bands and as a solo artist only to have my hopes dashed.
Mark Foster /
Artist
Bleak
Dark
Jingles
Making A Living
Saved
Seven
Solo
Life My Life Living
Life My Life Doing
Bands
Close
Life My Life Dark
Dashed
Finally
Hired
Hopes
Signed
Solo Artist
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