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title: "10 Atlantic Records Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Atlantic Records quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Atlantic Records sayings and thoughts."
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> [Partnering with Atlantic Records creates the opportunity to take what we're doing to the next level, without compromising.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nipsey-hussle/partnering-with-atlantic-records-creates-the-opportunity-to-take-what/)

[Nipsey Hussle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nipsey-hussle/)

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> [I didn't graduate from college, so I might as well be on Atlantic Records, right?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sturgill-simpson/i-didn-t-graduate-from-college-so-i-might-as-well-be-on-atlantic/)

[Sturgill Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sturgill-simpson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc8/sturgill-simpson-8888_atlantic_i-didn-t-graduate-from-college-so-i-migh_278511.jpg)

> [When we started Allman Brothers, Atlantic Records kept telling us there was no way it was going anywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-trucks/when-we-started-allman-brothers-atlantic-records-kept-telling-us/)

[Butch Trucks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-trucks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/butch-trucks-7646_anywhere_when-we-started-allman-brothers-atlantic_1096783.jpg)

> [When it all started, record companies - and there were many of them, and this was a good thing - were run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/when-it-all-started-record-companies-and-there-were-many-of-them-and-2/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/david-crosby-8990_a-good-thing_when-it-all-started-record-companies-and_1947035.jpg)

> [No, if it was up to me every record would be brand new studio material but Atlantic records asked me to put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-bach/no-if-it-was-up-to-me-every-record-would-be-brand-new-studio-material/)

[Sebastian Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-bach/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a92/sebastian-bach-10350_brand-new_no-if-it-was-up-to-me-every-record-would_2816504.jpg)

> [When it all started, record companies - and there were many of them, and this was a good thing - were run…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-crosby/when-it-all-started-record-companies-and-there-were-many-of-them-and/)

[David Crosby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-crosby/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/david-crosby-8990_a-good-thing_when-it-all-started-record-companies-and_707380.jpg)

> [I like work, I like song writing, and I like the history of Atlantic Records. They've sat in the studio with so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gourley/i-like-work-i-like-song-writing-and-i-like-the-history-of-atlantic/)

[John Gourley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gourley/)

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> [I found myself in a meeting on my 13th birthday, which I really had no idea the enormity of, but I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cody-simpson/i-found-myself-in-a-meeting-on-my-13th-birthday-which-i-really-had-no/)

[Cody Simpson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cody-simpson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/cody-simpson-2969_birthday_i-found-myself-in-a-meeting-on-my-13th-b_1287496.jpg)

> [When I was younger, definitely getting people to listen to me and believe in me. I think it's hard when you're a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charli-xcx/when-i-was-younger-definitely-getting-people-to-listen-to-me-and/)

[Charli XCX](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charli-xcx/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/charli-xcx-1863_art_when-i-was-younger-definitely-getting-pe_1770251.jpg)

> [I would imagine after the first recording session with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and Atlantic Records I began to realize that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-e-king/i-would-imagine-after-the-first-recording-session-with-jerry-leiber/)

[Ben E. King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-e-king/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ee/ben-e-king-14975_being-successful_i-would-imagine-after-the-first-recordin_729664.jpg)

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