Music business Quotes

I love the music business, but I have no ambition to keep on playing.

— Dave Clark

My future definitely lies in the music business.

— Ronan Keating

I never had my mind set on being an entertainer in the music business.

— Trace Cyrus

The music business, a lot of times, has a big finesse mentality to it.

— Zaytoven

Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.

— John Oates

People don't buy plastic and paper, they buy emotions.

— Scott Young

In Los Angeles, they don't want you to fail, they want you to die.

— David Geffen

I want to hear the word 'cherish' about 5 times.

— Clive Davis

People in the music business say don't make too many records because they'll compete against one another.

— Chick Corea

I think I've always felt as a band and as a musician and a music business person, I've always felt like an…

— Amanda Palmer

I hate the pigeonholing that's happened in the music business in the last 30 years.

— Brian McKnight

Independent artists and labels have always been the trendsetters in music and the music business.

— Shawn Fanning

My number one goal is to take over the music business and run a really great record company.

— Linda Perry

I don't get bored. In the music business you get used to a lot of waiting around.

— Phil Rudd

Anybody that forms a group, writes songs and releases records and says they don't care if people like them are complete liars.

— James Dean Bradfield

I would say I know nothing about the music business, in a nice sort of way. I totally forgot I was in…

— Zooey Deschanel

I'm from a little island off of Massachusetts, Nantucket. It's hard getting into the music business from there, but my parents took…

— Meghan Trainor

I'm still as fascinated with the music business as ever. I'd love to do an electronic album like Prodigy or Underworld. I…

— Elton John

We are at a crossroads in the music business: with the rise of the internet, the world we live in has changed,…

— Jon Bon Jovi

I feel like there is a lot of homophobia and misogyny in the music business, and I feel like I've gotten to…

— Justin Tranter

Coming from the music business and seeing the transition from artists to fans, fans to consumers, it's really about understanding the psychology…

— Troy Carter

Also, right at that particular time in the music business, because of people like the Beatles, people began owning their own publishing.…

— Jackson Browne

You just plant a few seeds, cultivate the shoots, and watch your career grow and branch out. It takes time and dedication.…

— Christopher Tin

I am very aware now that music is a business, but there is also a way to go about making music that…

— Ronnie Montrose

I am definitely less and less interested in music made by people that exist today, people that are living. I just see…

— Michael Gira

See, the music business is d*ck riders for the better part. I understand that it's logic, I accept it but they're d*ck…

— Irv Gotti

I put up with the music business because I understand that I'm in the tradition, I'm in a tradition that's of far…

— Billy Corgan

I've certainly stayed a marginal figure, though I became a member of the "surveillance committee" fairly early on. I can actually live…

— Mauricio Kagel

I never really expected any of the music business to happen, but I'm glad it did. It was a very cool thing…

— John Martyn

“The average artist has a naïve, unrealistic, and disconnected view of what the music industry is, how it works, what is involved…

— Loren Weisman

For the music business, social networking is brilliant. Just when you think it's doom and gloom and you have to spend millions…

— Simon Cowell

Without a doubt, because now in the music business talent and hard work isn't enough. There is just a lot of luck…

— Jason C. Miller

“«Eliza opened her furry black satchel. She pulled out a portable CD player. “Gav, look here. Once, I loved this machine. Because…

— Bruce Sterling

“Many years later after the sell-outs, betrayals, and hatred which would tear us apart, when our brotherhood had been destroyed, I’d always…

— H. Alazhar

I was just burnt out. I didn't like the music business and I didn't like me. There's an element of falseness about…

— Rick Astley

I have always considered myself a fast learner. I try to retain and absorb as much information and knowledge about the [music]…

— Asher Monroe

“I don't tell you this story today in order to encourage all of you in the class of '04 to find careers…

— Richard Russo

I had been trying to do something with music for all of my life. Ive always been a fan of music; I…

— Big Meech

“He never liked me. So I never liked him. A long time ago I made a decision that made things a lot…

— Jerry Heller

I got very bored with the music business.

— Wilson Pickett