Interviews

“I’m trying to spend time with myself, and enjoy life. Because when you’re a manager, you have no life.”

“I was ruminating on everything, falling into panic constantly. There was no release. I was just a prisoner in my own mind.”

For my third and final question, I asked Taylor: You’re an R&B star, mother, wife, director, and more. How do you do it all?

“People put on a persona that they’re happy every day, but really they aren’t. That’s why parked car conversations are needed.”

“I don't believe our lives are simple.”

“I used to work at a shitty restaurant bussing tables and got fired because I missed a shift to work on our last album.”

“We’re really trying to show artists they do have power.”

“People tattoo my lyrics, my face, all that. That’s forever.”

“TourLife is about making life easier for an artist’s manager, and also saving artists money.”

Like the directors they employ, artists must understand the world they’re building. EarthGang knows the world they are building.

On his solo debut, ‘Own Pace,’ the 22-year-old New York rapper-producer clears his mind.

“Tomorrow could be the day that takes your career to the next level.”

“I started thinking about, ‘Why do we fall in love?’”

“While I’m out here saving the world, the people I’m saving the world for are dissatisfied with me.”

In entry five, Ty Baisden explains why artists must view themselves as their own business and how he’s helping to create long-lasting, independent careers.

“I represent the weirdos, for sure. Every type of weirdo. Anyone that feels like an outcast in any way.”

In entry four, Ty Baisden explains why artists must view themselves as their own business and how he’s helping to create long-lasting, independent careers.

“My project isn’t all about me—somebody’s gonna hear this.”

“I don’t do it for the money right now. I just think it’s cool my artwork is out there.”

In entry three, Ty Baisden explains why artists must view themselves as their own business and how he’s helping to create long-lasting, independent careers.

In entry two, Ty Baisden explains why artists must view themselves as their own business and how he’s helping to create long-lasting, independent careers.

“Even before music was in the picture, I understood I wasn’t invincible. I wasn’t immortal.”

In entry one, Ty Baisden explains why artists must view themselves as their own business and how he’s helping to create long-lasting, independent careers.

“I want people to know I’m growing and I’m learning as I get older.”

“Meeting people and experiencing new people brings me peace.”

An interview with the Los Angeles native following her farewell performance in Portland, Oregon, the city that gave her a music career.

“I could imagine raising children on this music.”

“I want little girls that are gay to have something that’s theirs. Something they can sing to.”

"Letting the sun talk is about getting in your ‘I and I’ bag."

“I’m just proud that I could be part of the movement.”

In Korea, Junoflo is considered a “gyopo.” In America, he’s an Asian. At once, he’s from everywhere and nowhere.

“It’ll never be interesting for me to get to a place where I can’t connect with other people.”

“He just loved [hip-hop] and wanted to uplift other people in it as much as he wanted to be great himself.”

"I literally mumbled, 'Got to go out and get it,' and then the light bulb went off."