Music business Quotes · Page 2

Retire for what? What would I do? I made my name as a person that is helping. I'm like Moses in the…

— James Brown

The music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you…

— Mary J. Blige

Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple…

— Faith Hill

I wanted to be great. And I loved Nashville, so that made it easy. I loved the music business. It made it…

— Brandy Clark

I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.

— Nat King Cole

The music business has made a 360. It's a whole 'nother game. It's not nearly what it was. And I fear for…

— Smokey Robinson

There are a lot of things that are part of the music business that I'm very bad at. Organization, being on time…

— Daniel Caesar

Somebody asked me the question not too long ago: 'Dave, do you think the music business has turned corrupt.' I said: 'Absolutely…

— David Lee Roth

When you're a touring musician, you're always turning over new rocks, and there's always a certain level of tension in your life.…

— Mark Kozelek

I think the Ambitious Lovers never got their due- we had terrible management and at that point, we were on major labels…

— Arto Lindsay

I've always felt like the Forrest Gump of the music business. I've been fortunate to work with a lot of great people.

— Michael McDonald

I didn't come into the music business to make money. I came into it to be a success. Of course, if you're…

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

I didn't start in the music business to make money.

— Porter Wagoner

Technology has opened up the music business 100-fold and provided space for all kinds of new faces.

— Andy Mineo

My lifelong friend and mentor Frank Barsalona is gone. And the music business as we knew it went with him.

— Steven Van Zandt

My number one goal is to take over the music business and run a really great record company.

— Linda Perry

I know how hard it is to make it in the music business.

— Roger Taylor

On the downside, to paraphrase Thom Yorke talking about the music business, we're still having to deal with the stench of the…

— Edward Norton

I'm not oriented by money, to be honest. Everybody thinks we're in the music business for money all of the time. But…

— Denny Laine

Technology is going to play a huge part in tomorrow's music business. And the companies that will win are going to be…

— Troy Carter

I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound and knowing the music business the way I do - all…

— Barry White

[Music] business can drive you to do that if you don't have it here. If you're not strong-minded here, it could steer…

— Bow Wow

When I was touring and spending so much time on the bus, I realized that I actually knew very little about the…

— Ty Herndon

I think the music business is as crass and as unrewarding as it has ever been.

— Dennis DeYoung

It will be only a matter of time before the music business establishment completely folds.

— Thom Yorke