--- title: "9 000 Records Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 000 Records quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best 000 Records sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/kurt-elling-6944_going_if-i-was-going-to-sell-out-i-would-do-it_581808.jpg" --- > [If I was going to sell out, I would do it for more than 10,000 records.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-elling/if-i-was-going-to-sell-out-i-would-do-it-for-more-than-10-000-records/) [Kurt Elling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-elling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54f/kurt-elling-6944_going_if-i-was-going-to-sell-out-i-would-do-it_581808.jpg) > [I've got a core audience, so regardless of what I put out, I can sell 100,000 records on an independent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/too-short/i-ve-got-a-core-audience-so-regardless-of-what-i-put-out-i-can-sell/) [Too Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/too-short/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/too-short-5557_audience_i-ve-got-a-core-audience-so-regardless-o_879530.jpg) > [I'd rather sell 10,000 records that represent me than 2 million that don't represent me at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-phillips/i-d-rather-sell-10-000-records-that-represent-me-than-2-million-that/) [Phillip Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/phillip-phillips-30515_records_i-d-rather-sell-10-000-records-that-repr_1342291.jpg) > [We've sold over 100,000 records so far, and we're an independent label.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-hanson/we-ve-sold-over-100-000-records-so-far-and-we-re-an-independent-label/) [Isaac Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-hanson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67e/isaac-hanson-4563_far_we-ve-sold-over-100-000-records-so-far-a_88286.png) > [But I remember we sold nearly 18,000 records in one day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-innes/but-i-remember-we-sold-nearly-18-000-records-in-one-day/) [Neil Innes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-innes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/neil-innes-19425_day_but-i-remember-we-sold-nearly-18-000-rec_1600159.png) > [I don't think most rock stars are particularly calculating. I don't think they sit there and think, 'I will do this; therefore,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hepworth/i-don-t-think-most-rock-stars-are-particularly-calculating-i-don-t/) [David Hepworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hepworth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/david-hepworth-7694_monday_i-don-t-think-most-rock-stars-are-partic_2988903.jpg) > [I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-swift/i-love-it-when-people-say-things-to-me-in-public-and-want-to-meet-me/) [Taylor Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-swift/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/taylor-swift-125_management_i-love-it-when-people-say-things-to-me-i_1827691.jpg) > [I make an embarrassing amount of money for a borderline Marxist, just by selling 100,000 records. I don't sell millions of records,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-earle/i-make-an-embarrassing-amount-of-money-for-a-borderline-marxist-just/) [Steve Earle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-earle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3b/steve-earle-2893_amount_i-make-an-embarrassing-amount-of-money-f_1446239.png) > [I'm not the cool thing, and I'm not going to be the cool thing for a really long time, and it isn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-adams/i-m-not-the-cool-thing-and-i-m-not-going-to-be-the-cool-thing-for-a/) [Ryan Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/ryan-adams-3854_big-companies_i-m-not-the-cool-thing-and-i-m-not-going_3140243.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/000-records/#itemlist", "name": "000 Records Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": 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