I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Stop doing what the record companies are doing and do what's in your heart. — Leif Garrett Copy Share Image
Who wanna be next? While you a dead superstar, the record company still cashin' checks. — Master P Copy Share Image
I mean, all the record companies said no, you know, say 10 record companies, whatever. But one said yes, and it took… — Gina Schock Copy Share Image
“them for at most $9.99. Jobs came in and offered publishers what he had refused to offer record companies: They could set… — Walter Isaacson Copy Share Image
Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame. — Marian McPartland Copy Share Image
I have my own record company. I have to answer to God, basically. I'm not young, so I want to make the… — Michael Gira Copy Share Image
I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to… — Sarah McLachlan Copy Share Image
I grew up in an era where the record companies just sold records to everybody, and the whole family bought songs. — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
The record companies are interested in the kind of sales they can get from the rock groups. — Norman Granz Copy Share Image
I applied for three jobs in record companies and was offered all of them. I took the most glamorous-sounding job in the… — Nicki Chapman Copy Share Image
In reality, there's a limit to putting a record out yourself. When it comes to working with major record companies in the… — Kevin Shields Copy Share Image
You have record companies that sign acts that they think are great, and then they never do anything. Acts that they don't… — Jason Aldean Copy Share Image
By the time 1997 had rolled around, I had been in the music business for all my life, from the age of… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
In terms of breaking an artist traditionally, it was in the form of radio. You had to pop your record off there.… — B-Real Copy Share Image
I don't know what they're thinking about. Just because someone says, 'I like what you do' or something: They might like it… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
You go through periods of times where bands are calling the shots, and then sometimes, you've got the record companies calling the… — Paul Rodgers Copy Share Image
My contract with mercury PolyGram Nashville was about to expire. And I never had really been happy. The company, the record company,… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
What was happening with me, with the album [A Period of Transition], with the people who took the pictures, the record company,… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
Record companies don't think creatively about what something could possibly be because they are not filled with creative people. Nobody's looking at… — Linda Perry Copy Share Image
Obviously, it's designed by record company executives who want a cheap success, and they don't want to give money to anybody and… — Steven Morrissey Copy Share Image
People will download the music for free and they'll pay for it if they want to give you a compliment. They don't… — Joss Stone Copy Share Image
I saw the Ramones, early on at a country-rock palace in Denver. They were opening for some record-company band, so the local… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
A respectable-sized audience hasn't really been able to follow developments in jazz since the free jazz movement in the '60s. Some of… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I don't get particularly precious about things like this, though. Like the record company said, "We need a radio edit that delivers… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
“In the end, the record companies have the power to control the quality that is served online. Online service has been problematic… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
Sometimes you are at the mercy of record companies or publishing companies. — Belinda Carlisle Copy Share Image
One startup I dream of funding is the one that kills the record companies. — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
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