Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live. — Adam Ant Copy Share Image
You have to be talented and you have to be lucky. Record companies are not signing classic rock groups anymore. — Leslie West Copy Share Image
First of all, you needed a budget to do the video. The record companies would pick and choose who got videos. — Nina Blackwood Copy Share Image
There aren't enough people who are scaring the kind of people who work at these record companies. — Greg Ginn Copy Share Image
Corporate America couldn't be more excited about the demise of the record companies. — Michael Rapino Copy Share Image
I've been in fortunate position of never really having to battle with my record company to do the things I wanted to… — Jonny Lang Copy Share Image
The record companies really do conspire against the artists. Especially the black artists — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
No matter how good you are you can fall prey to the big machines of the record companies. — B-Real Copy Share Image
I grew up in an era where the record companies just sold records to everybody, and the whole family bought songs. Today,… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
Everything about my life was culturally rich, and all the people I met sort of reinforced the wackiness that was normally inside… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
The record company started as an adjunct to that, to give young composers their first recorded performances; to give young musicians their… — Gunther Schuller Copy Share Image
We had an EP out and all of a sudden we find record companies are interested in us, and we're thinking, 'Oh,… — Debbi Peterson Copy Share Image
I was always told that I was too strange or that I was too cheesy by different groups of people, like the… — Mika Copy Share Image
Most of my relationships have been like that - with record companies. I've never had a legitimate business relationship with a company.… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
You don't have to wait for a record company to tell you that you're good or to sign you. You can put… — Shanice Copy Share Image
Record companies would rather you stay dumb, not even think of it as a business, so they can either rip you off… — George Clinton Copy Share Image
I got out of the music industry many years ago. I had a charlatan for a producer who I wanted nothing to… — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
I'm really glad we came up when we did. When we got started, the record companies were concerned with building careers. They… — Philip Bailey Copy Share Image
I've tried to stay true, in my own fashion, to the ideas of The Sex Pistols, even while I was working with… — Julien Temple Copy Share Image
Over the years, I've had fairly benign record companies who gave me a lot of rope, but in spite of that, there's… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I think everyone should sell whatever product they want to sell for whatever price they want to sell it for, but ultimately… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
PW spent time with Sigel in a New York recording studio shortly before he went away on his federal gun possession charge.… — Beanie Sigel Copy Share Image
“There are ominous signs about the future of classical music. The record companies are facing threats from piracy and unauthorized downloading. It’s… — Renee Fleming Copy Share Image
Back in the early days like for the Temptations, Supremes and Four Tops, artist development was alive in record companies. Every artist… — Laurieann Gibson Copy Share Image
If you let record companies mold you into what they think you should be, your career won't last no matter how good… — B-Real Copy Share Image
It's always very special for me to work Chicago. Both of the record companies I was with, early on, were based in… — Frankie Valli Copy Share Image
As long as those things are on vinyl or tape or what have you, the record companies are going to release them… — Johnny Mathis Copy Share Image
The digital revolution has disrupted most traditional media: newspapers, magazines, books, record companies, radio. — Ken Auletta Copy Share Image
Artists were nurtured back in the '70s. Their music was developed by the record companies. — Gary Wright Copy Share Image
We've managed to have a long career that is still quite vibrant, yet we've never had to kow-tow to record companies who… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
All record companies want big-selling records, and my music is a little too raw for commercial success. — J. J. Cale Copy Share Image
Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records. — Mos Def Copy Share Image
I always thought that if record companies didn't understand me, fine - I'd go and do it by myself. — Estelle Copy Share Image
The record companies didn't want 'Stony Road,' and it ended up being a gold album. They didn't want 'Blue Guitars,' and we… — Chris Rea Copy Share Image
I challenge record companies to show me evidence of a single penny they've lost due to Napster. — Dave Rowntree Copy Share Image
There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your… — Prince Copy Share Image
The music pot is broad. It's just unfortunate that the record companies cry the blues as frequently as they do. — Vance Gilbert Copy Share Image
I left the entertainment industry part of my life behind in 1983, when we decided not to work with major record companies anymore. — Arlo Guthrie Copy Share Image
You're starting to see new record companies and business models taking shape, but it takes time. — Simon Le Bon Copy Share Image
As crises came up later on - "Oh, we have to compromise, and the record company wants to do this," I'd be… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
