He takes the music seriously in the manner of a tortured artist, becoming successful and famous all the way to appearing on MTV.

For me, the image of the tortured artist is a myth - you don't need to be miserable to write songs.

She is drawn to those tortured artists who are "reckless and experimental and open.

I'm not a tortured artist, just an abused one.

He's like a picture of a tortured artist.

Were they all exploiting this tortured artist and his twisted vision?

It has everything: a tortured artist, virtual reality, sadomasochism, media-bashing and 1960's utopian dreams.

Christopher Lloyd guest starred as a tortured artist who wanted to paint Diane.

So I would always feel kind of like the tortured starving artist.

The antithesis of the stereotypical tortured artist, he does not agonize over his work, suffer large doubts or get depressed.