Quote

I had no reason to want to copy anybody else. What I wanted to give audiences for the few minutes that I thought my career would last was something unique.

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Buffy Sainte-Marie
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 20
Actor
Composer
Record Producer
Singer-Songwriter
Visual Artist
Writer
Buffy St. Marie
Beverly Sainte-Marie
Give
Career
Reason
Careers
Wanted
Minutes
Giving
Audience
Copy
Something
Lasts
Audiences
Would
Last
Copies
Else
Unique
Thought
Anybody

More quotes by Buffy Sainte-Marie

Image
My first Macintosh was a 128k machine which I upgraded to 512k the minute it became possible.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
I feel sorry for people of good heart who have never had a chance to learn the realities of Native American everything - not just our history but the sweetness and the beauty and the reasons why were so close to Mother Earth.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
The artistic process in digital art is very much the same as for making other kinds of paintings.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
I'm trying to entice people, and sometimes my information is very hard hitting. So I've always wanted to have a soft approach.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
Everybody's creative. We create our songs and our paintings, our families and our children. Every one of us is on the cutting edge of the future.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
Some of my songs are like dreams, and when you go to sleep at night you don't know if you're gonna have a dream or what you're gonna dream about.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
All kids, I think, are creative, but they get it pounded out of them in school.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
I was playing with sound like I would have played with pots and pans as a kid.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
I didn't know what I was gonna get the first time I sat down at a piano, but I loved it and it became my playmate for life.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
By looking at the questions the kids are asking, we learn the scope of what needs to be done.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
The key is in remaining just aloof enough from a painting so that you know when to stop.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
What can government do? They can listen to their own people. But I'll tell you what citizens can do, when we elect one of these people - whether we think it's a good guy or a bozo - you got to stay on the case. You don't vote and go home and give them the keys to the car, he'll drive you right off a cliff. You have to help people to stay honest.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
We also have the option of scanning in an image from outside the computer... a photo, or a sketch done with traditional tools and we can then paint, manipulate, process, change, and further develop the image within the computer, watching our progress on the monitor.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
There is so much joy in native culture but so much poverty. It's very disturbing.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
I work closely with the printer to get the final print the way I want it.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
Children don't have to be raised. They'll grow.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
As a teenager I started painting and playing guitar...Music has been my playmate, my lover, and my crying towel...This song (Until It's Time for You To Go) popped into my head while I was falling in love with someone I knew couldn't stay with me. The words are about honesty and freedom inside the heart.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Image
Another time factor is output: proofing and printing. That is, getting your work out of the computer and onto paper and having it satisfy you. It can be time consuming and expensive.
Buffy Sainte-Marie