Music industry Quotes · Page 8

What's scummy about the music industry is that everybody loves you when you're dead.

— Nikki Sixx

The music industry is a matrix that is counter to what is natural and right.

— Prince

I went to Berklee for college: a good musical training ground, but there's no direct line between that and the music industry.

— Laufey

The machinery of the music industry is that you put something into it and it could be chewed up.

— Goldie

The music industry has always been a beast, which would eat you up and spit you out.

— Annie Lennox

The music industry is so tied up politically. They're afraid they might let other voices in.

— M.I.A

The experiences that I've had in the music industry have given me a learning curve.

— Xzibit

There's much more money being brought into the advertising and communications business than in the music industry.

— Steve Stoute

I know the music industry is based on a lot of smoke and mirrors in a lot of cases, such as making…

— Ne-Yo

Even though the people decide very much what's consumed on the outside, inside, the music industry is still very much a gatekept…

— Raye

The music industry isn't converging toward dance music. Dance music is dance music. It's been around since disco - and way before…

— will.i.am

We have seen the damage already caused to the music industry and we have to continue to make the public and government…

— Callum McDougall

The Internet has essentially democratized the music industry in terms of what is popular and it's democratized the music journalism industry as…

— Anthony Fantano

No one really buys records anymore. You can look at sales and do that math real quick. Unfortunately, it's fast food in…

— Tommy Lee

I think we have to change our thinking and the music industry has to shift and look at how people are acquiring…

— Warryn Campbell

I would love to be able to say that due to my experience in the music industry, when it comes to the…

— Ne-Yo

I love music.. everything from R&B to Rap to Modern Country.. I still haven't figured out my own personal vibe.. it was…

— Amy Weber

I wanted to find raw talent and help build it from scratch. I wanted to build from rags to riches. That's the…

— Mike Will Made It

I want the music to be heard as close to when I made it, as much as possible. I don't want to…

— Bradford Cox

You know what we pride ourselves on that - although I wouldn't mind if my backside was a little smaller. But look…

— Kate DeAraugo

Indie music is 'it' now. It's kind of a revolution to the music: 1980s, 1990s music was getting very sanitized; they were…

— Yoko Ono

My success set me up for life, and it meant that I could retire from the music industry at 27 to spend…

— Rick Astley

I feel like there isn't as much mystery to music anymore. That could be a good thing or a bad thing. There…

— Jason Wade

I recognise a lot of myself in these kids who enter shows like Pop Idol. It's very hard to get into the…

— Melanie Chisholm

It's interesting that the book publishing industry, on the iPad, has much more flexibility than the music industry had.

— Edgar Bronfman, Jr

'Vinyl' is a good look at the music industry. The script was honest.

— Phil Daniels

L.A. to me feels like music industry, and Nashville to me feels like music community.

— Sheryl Crow

We were the rebels of the music industry so we wanted to write a rebellious song.

— Brian Harvey

When I started, I was shy of using the word 'pop.' Pop was always associated with a lot of fake, music-industry, churned-out…

— Griff

I don't think we see ourselves as the savior of the music industry.

— Daniel Ek

I don't think I'd get caught up in the crazy side of the music industry because it's just not in my nature.

— Pixie Lott

In the music industry you have to catch the right quarter. It's like double dutch.

— Sisqo

I was 16-17 when I started off, so I grew up with the music industry.

— Devi Sri Prasad

The music industry doesn't exist the way it used to. You'll never have another star like the stars of the '90s.

— Mika

I dedicated almost 12 years to the music industry before having children.

— Monica Denise Brown

I always felt I needed to fight for my place in the music industry.

— Noah Kahan

I had to leave the music industry behind for a minute to figure out what made me feel home again.

— Mya

Music is the only industry where you don't need to know what you're doing to get ahead. Well, that and politics.

— Gene Simmons

Don't let this music industry or any industry come between friendship. Just stay focused on your goals.

— Mustard

Sometimes people can get shitty, but you won't last in music industry by taking things personally.

— Nick Murphy