You've gotta be business savvy really, or else you get the piss taken out of you. — Melanie Brown Copy Share Image
I was just tapped on the shoulder from above and told to write these songs, as opposed to wanting to be a… — Townes Van Zandt Copy Share Image
In the music business, there's a lot of criticism and rejection. If you embrace it, you'll be better off when the adjustment… — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
That's not easy to find in a corporate world, somebody who cares about music. — Michael Penn Copy Share Image
I think the reason I got into the music business was basically for the live aspect of it. — Shaggy Copy Share Image
Elvis changed the country music scene quite a bit; he almost put country music out of business. — Chet Atkins Copy Share Image
I suppose we don't know that much about how the music business operates in the U.K., but from what I've heard, it's… — Chad Gilbert Copy Share Image
The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit. — Tom Petty Copy Share Image
Forget about surviving 40 years in the music business. Just surviving 27 years of Nicole Richie has been a struggle-and-a-half, I want… — Lionel Richie Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, music devolved instead of evolved. The music business got into the hands of lawyers and accountants rather than the entrepreneurial creative… — Gary Wright Copy Share Image
Being in the music business, if we couldn't pull the fashions from designers and if designers couldn't use artists to show off… — Tina Knowles Copy Share Image
The music business is a place where the artists are all treated like we're working for the people who are working for… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
My goal in this music business is to be here as long as I'm alive. I want my music to be here.… — Petey Pablo Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I think the way the music business has been destructive and the way the fans are been put through it and… — Beck Copy Share Image
A lot of people in the music business are a bit doom and gloom, People say it's probably easier to write sad… — Amy Macdonald Copy Share Image
The Beach Boys have always been a part of the '60s spectrum, with The Beatles and that kind of thing. They were… — Brian Wilson Copy Share Image
But I sent letters to people in the music business. And one day I got a phone call from somebody and he… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
The music business has changed so much. Collaborations are all over the Internet. The young people are keeping the old school alive.… — Dutch Robinson Copy Share Image
You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it...I always believed that I have something important to say… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I don't know much about the music business, but for just general advice for someone trying to create things, as simple as… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
I vacillate between feeling grateful for what I have in such hard times for the music business and being frustrated that I… — Teddy Thompson Copy Share Image
Since the traditional recorded-music business models have drastically changed, there is truly diminished income derived from recorded music by artists - both… — Irving Azoff Copy Share Image
My first album was mainly dealing with street issues, and it was 'coded': it was called 'Reasonable Doubt.' So the things I… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The music business has let me touch a lot of people with my talent. — Britney Spears Copy Share Image
The truth is that the music business is mean and honest and brutal. — Angie Martinez Copy Share Image
