Music business Quotes · Page 19

The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be…

— Bonnie Raitt

“Artists of today can be inspired by the past, but they have to apply present methods if they want a future in…

— Loren Weisman

Just because it happened to you, doesn't mean it's interesting.

— Dennis Hopper

The music business is about people. And I think thats why I disregard the business aspect of it so much, because I…

— Hayley Williams

I'm not really interested in participating in mainstream culture. Participating in the mainstream music business is, to me, like getting involved in…

— Steve Albini

I hate to say this, but at the time, (late 70's) it was like the smart people liked punk and the dumb…

— Howie Klein

The music business and I were made for each other.

— Jerry Heller

You know, my goal, once I leave the music business, is like, 'Man, Lupe didn't lead us astray.' It comes directly from…

— Lupe Fiasco

In the music business, we're much better off staying in Bath - we don't get involved in the competitiveness, where you've got…

— Curt Smith

Commitments are one of the worst things to have in the music business. They're very annoying.

— Neil Young

Books are so cheap and easy to get that people don't bother stealing them, which is the essential rule of piracy that…

— Tucker Max

My entry level has always been pretty high in the music business.

— Sixto Rodriguez

The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.

— Erykah Badu

[I did impressions] of relatives because I heard so many different sounds. My dad was in the music business and of course…

— Billy Crystal

My mom nor my father never pushed me into the music business. I always did it because I wanted to.

— Hank Williams III

Too often, the music business allowed third-party companies to innovate for us - and that simply does not work anymore.

— Jimmy Iovine

It's called the music business. We've all gone into it 'cause we love the music, and a lot of people end up…

— Vinnie Paul

“Try not to sound like those singer-songwriters that go on and on with ten-minute, barely intelligible stories that everyone endures until the…

— Loren Weisman

There is music out there that is commercially driven, whether you like it or not. That's a peculiarly American innovation. We innovated…

— Rhiannon Giddens

“Some were only there to see and be seen. Some to watch the fall. People love free booze and a car crash.”

— Chris DiCroce

The kids of today have taken over the music business - most of them very young. Simply because they write and jot…

— Rudy Vallee

There is a terrible thing that's been happening probably for the last 20 years or so and it's called the music business.…

— Gavin Friday

I worked in corrections because they had told me I wasn't going to make it in the music business. You know, when…

— Sharon Jones

I attended a post-college program in L.A. for Music Business and Production. Took several courses involving Music Production, Arrangement, and Songwriting.

— Adam Kluger

I always knew, that in some way, I'd be connected to, and involved in, the music business.

— Jeff Healey