Music business Quotes · Page 2

The way I see it, rock n' roll is folk music.

— Robert Plant

The music business can be very cold. And it doesn't honor its elders.

— Brenda Lee

Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.

— John Oates

The music business, a lot of times, has a big finesse mentality to it.

— Zaytoven

I love the music business, but I have no ambition to keep on playing.

— Dave Clark

My future definitely lies in the music business.

— Ronan Keating

I never had my mind set on being an entertainer in the music business.

— Trace Cyrus

I got very bored with the music business.

— Wilson Pickett

I had no idea that I could sustain a career as an artist. But, I loved music and wanted to be in…

— Ray Stevens

Independent artists and labels have always been the trend setters in music and the music business.

— Shawn Fanning

Well, I very quickly saw what a boys club it was in the music business. That is always a hurdle.

— Peaches

“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 bricks and mortar of the music business, they don't exist any longer.

— John Oates

My advice to anyone wanting to get into the music business, is always be ready to learn and remain humble.

— Rayvon Owen

I think it's a reflection of the music business in general, which to me seems very fragmented.

— Kathy Valentine

I know a lot of people in the music business who came from working-class backgrounds and they vote Tory.

— Shaun Ryder

I'm into indie music. I think indie is going to bring back the spirit in music. There was a time when it…

— Yoko Ono

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

I ran out of steam and patience and so I quit. I really didn't want to make another record. I'd had it…

— John Waite

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

— Hayley Williams

When I started in this [music] business, I had a dream, but it was amorphous, and I had no experience. I just…

— Bette Midler

In 1989 I sort of got back into the music business and one of the reasons I got back in is [that]…

— Ringo Starr

I've done well, I've been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course the labels are going to…

— Mary J. Blige

Being in the music business requires having a very strong resolve. You must be completely committed to the craziness that will inevitably…

— Wendy Starland

I'll tell you what bothers me. This music business is so crazy. They think everything is a game, or everything is a…

— August Alsina

The tax incentives are things the music business can emulate. If I own Yesterday by the Beatles and I go to a…

— Chris Thomas King

From being a little girl in the projects, going through all of the mess that I was going through, to ending up…

— Mary J. Blige

You know that one don't play music just for the hours to pass. But you play music because you are in love…

— Manu Dibango

I was blessed. I had a great childhood and great parents that loved music and family. I moved from England when I…

— Bo Bice

The '60s was a magical time in the music business. So much creativity and talent. I think a lot of it came…

— Frankie Valli

I don't know if there was really ever a golden age of the music business. Most of what was released has always…

— Adam Schlesinger

“The daily mindfulness, consistency, and discipline is ultimately more important than the amount of time. In other words, it’s more about quality…

— Simon S. Tam

I may quit the music business someday, but never the music.

— Dan Fogelberg

In Los Angeles, they don't want you to fail, they want you to die.

— David Geffen

People don't buy plastic and paper, they buy emotions.

— Scott Young

I want to hear the word 'cherish' about 5 times.

— Clive Davis

A woman's two cents worth is worth two cents in the music business.

— Loretta Lynn

The music business has let me touch a lot of people with my talent.

— Britney Spears

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

— Roger Taylor

You come up, you love music, and then business interferes.

— Rakim