Record companies worrying more about market share than developing artists - I hear there was a time when if your first record… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
Finally, I would like to remind record companies that they have a cultural responsibility to give the buying public great music. Milking… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
It wasn't that we were afraid of the Church or the Vatican. The record company thought people might find the title offensive.… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
The people who run record companies now wouldn't know a song if it flew up their nose and died. They haven't a… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
I don't hear record companies coming up with any good ideas or suggestions. Historically, if it ain't their idea, it ain't no… — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
Today's consumer is less interested in possessing things and more in experiencing them. That's something the music industry needs to get its… — Jimmy Chamberlin Copy Share Image
We play the music we want to play and we play the places we want to play. I'd hate to be on… — Ian Curtis Copy Share Image
If you are a superstar, or whatever you want to call yourself, a person who's had outrageous success, and you decide to… — Daryl Hall Copy Share Image
...I got a call from a record company offering me a contract, I did not want to take it because the Lord… — Alice Coltrane Copy Share Image
You could have a zillion Facebook followers. Those people don't buy records. It's about a hundred to one...Record companies, they don't have… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
I'm introverted, and I pay attention to my muse... Record companies used to go mad and say 'We don't know the deal… — Robert Palmer Copy Share Image
I think I'm just trying to show a more mature side of the band and I think we've really come into the… — Jason C. Miller Copy Share Image
Like, when we did Parliament and Funkadelic and Bootsy, it was actually one thing. But there were so many people that you… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
I can do whatever I want, I can have my band, I can use different people, I can use studio players, it's… — Richard Patrick Copy Share Image
It is really sad for the new artists. Where's the next Elvis, where's the next Beatles, where's the Zeppelin? They're out there… — Gene Simmons Copy Share Image
My voice is my gift. And Pops had me using it in the right way. I had many offers to sing pop,… — Mavis Staples Copy Share Image
Every person at a record company didn't want to be bothered with me because I was too smart. They knew if I… — L.C. Cooke Copy Share Image
At the (record company) meeting Paul just kept mithering on about what we were going to do, so in the end I… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you release an album and the record company just about ignores it, and so many people don't even know it's out.… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
When people start writing songs for award shows, there's a very limited palette you can use. You end up not sounding like… — Mike Dirnt Copy Share Image
At the beginning, at my shows, there were a lot of press and people from record companies. Now there are people who… — Seinabo Sey Copy Share Image
When radio stations started playing music the record companies started suing radio stations. They thought now that people could listen to music… — Niklas Zennstrom Copy Share Image
A lot of very popular mainstream artists are products of record companies and marketing companies, and any time anyone can stand outside… — Marco Brambilla Copy Share Image
Record companies are like cat breeders who find a breed they can make some money off of, in-breed it until it's sickly… — Michael Penn Copy Share Image
They say the music you listen to in your formative years stays with you and leaves an impression for the rest of… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
The situation is not good with the record companies. It's just not working out, so I don't plan to record until it's… — Irene Cara Copy Share Image
When Phil and I started out, everyone hated rock n' roll. The record companies didn't like it at all - felt it… — Don Everly Copy Share Image
When certain bootleg companies started off and they would take maybe ten per cent of whatever they got and help fuel new… — David Coverdale Copy Share Image
Actually, I have another record I made with them in 1976, but I've had such a bad experience with record companies, because… — Ornette Coleman Copy Share Image
Pop was initially ignored as a moneymaker by the recording industry. In the seventies they were still relying on Frank Sinatra and… — Tony Visconti Copy Share Image
Mostly I've never let record companies become involved with my music, which was a very smart thing that my first manager Dave… — Graham Parker Copy Share Image
The internet seems to be what a lot of independent bands are doing these days. They're bypassing the studio - the big… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
As I look back, I understand what [the record company] was getting at. They were trying to market a record and make… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the… — Enrique Iglesias Copy Share Image
The paradox is that Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, and all the tech giants are bigger fans of music than some of the… — Jean-Michel Jarre Copy Share Image
I'm really happy that I got to work with such fresh talent. In a day when record companies are not particularly good… — Robin Gibb Copy Share Image
I certainly never doubted the ability for the guys to get together and make good music, but there was so much legal… — John Bush Copy Share Image
It was a chance meeting with a lady at Mariah Carey's record company who was here in our office, actually. And I… — James Corden Copy Share Image
I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but… — Fantasia Barrino Copy Share Image
Today on social media, you can release anything and everybody will hear it. Back in the day, that was your only outlet,… — Keith Sweat Copy Share Image
![“It wasn't that we were afraid of the Church or the Vatican. The record company thought people might find the title offensive. They asked me if I would change ["A Deal with God"].” quote by Kate Bush](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1d7/kate-bush-1547_business_it-wasn-t-that-we-were-afraid-of-the-chu_320100.jpg)
![“Like, when we did Parliament and Funkadelic and Bootsy, it was actually one thing. But there were so many people that you could split them up into different groups. And then, when we went out on tour and they [the record companies] would see us all up there together - we had five, six guitars…” quote by Gary Snyder](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/bc9/gary-snyder-4502_bass_like-when-we-did-parliament-and-funkadel_881804.jpg)
![“It is really sad for the new artists. Where's the next Elvis, where's the next Beatles, where's the Zeppelin? They're out there but they don't have a chance because once upon a time we [musicians of the 60s] had record companies, and they would support you and have point of purchase material and…” quote by Gene Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/bae/gene-simmons-2164_air_it-is-really-sad-for-the-new-artists-whe_443532.jpg)
![“As I look back, I understand what [the record company] was getting at. They were trying to market a record and make it as commercially acceptable as possible. It hurt me and my credibility with critics.” quote by Michael Buble](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f48/michael-buble-6948_acceptable_as-i-look-back-i-understand-what-the-rec_1464713.jpg)
